Kodak sues over patent infringement

Kodak has filed complaints against Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other related entities for infringement of Kodak patents, according to Market Watch.

The Kodak actions specifically allege that Samsung and LG camera phones infringe Kodak digital camera patents. The patents in question cover technology related to image capture, compression and data storage, and a method for previewing motion images.

Kodak's District Court complaints request compensation for damages resulting from the companies' infringement, and both the District Court and ITC actions seek injunctions prohibiting Samsung and LG from further importation and sale of products cited in the complaints. Kodak did not disclose the amount of damages it is pursuing.

Corel has signed Wynit, a national distributor of computer peripherals and consumer electronics, as a new partner in the US and Canada, serving customers in a variety of markets, including photo specialty and wide-format printing, reports Market Watch.

Wynit now offers the entire Corel digital media and graphics software line-up, including the recently released Corel Paint Shop Pro, Photo X2 Ultimate and Corel VideoStudio Pro X2, along with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 and Corel PainterX.

Wynit is also the exclusive distributor of the Wacom Cintiq 21UX, which it offers bundled with Corel Painter X, designed to maximise the creative power of Wacom's pen tablets.

The introduction of higher resolution imaging devices like the Kodak FlexcelL NX System, combined with interlacing technology from Pixalen Studio and rolled lens stock from Pacur, has now made lenticular flexographic printing a reality, states Converting Magazine.

This should create more opportunities for lenticular within the packaging market, because it's much more cost-effective to print rolled flexographic lenticular for labels, than to convert sheet lenticular to rolls.

Printing lenticular effects on flexographic presses has been attempted before, but issues around print resolution, dot size, and press registration have prevented its success.