Kyocera Files Inkjet Head Patent Infringement Suit Against Kodak

[The Wall Street Journal reports that Kodak has characterized the move as “a legal tactic being employed by a technology competitor to change the dynamics of a long-running breach-of-contract dispute in which we have alleged failure to pay royalties.”]

The patent resulted from the Kyocera Group’s research and development efforts and more than 50 years of innovation in the field of advanced ceramics. The suit seeks as-yet undetermined monetary damages, as well as an injunction against Kodak to cease manufacturing and sales of products that infringe said patent.