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    Oct072004

    Kodak, Sun Settle High-Stakes Lawsuit Over Java

    DateThursday, October 7, 2004 at 1:58PM

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Eastman Kodak Co. accepted a $92 million payout by Sun Microsystems Inc. to settle a $1 billion patent-infringement lawsuit over the Silicon Valley company's Java programming language.

    A federal jury in Kodak's hometown decided last Friday, after a three-week trial, that Java infringes on patents Kodak acquired when it bought Wang Laboratories Inc.'s imaging software business for $260 million in 1997.

    The night before the trial's damages phase, which was to begin Thursday, the companies ended their two-year-old battle in an out-of-court settlement.

    Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.

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