RIM Appeals Infringement Finding in ITC Cameraphone Patent Investigation
Research in Motion appealed the International Trade Commission’s determination that it infringed a patent on cameraphones held by Kodak, according to a Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketing notice. In its investigation of certain mobile telephones and wireless communication devices featuring digital cameras and components thereof (337-TA-703), the ITC found that RIM infringed the patent at issue, but found no violation of Section 337 because of the patent’s obviousness. Kodak also filed an appeal Aug. 7.
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RIM said it also filed a motion to intervene in the case, and would consent to dismissal of this appeal if CAFC finds that it can contest the ITC’s infringement finding as an intervenor. It filed this appeal, however, in light of prior CAFC rulings that intervenors cannot argue issues that they have lost and have not appealed.
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 12081405 for summary of Kodak filing its appeal, and 12072525 for summary of the ITC’s termination of this investigation.)