Apple and Google teamed up to grab the patents Kodak

Once a giant in the industry, now on the verge of collapse. The parable of which seem Kodak is exemplary in demonstrating how even large companies have to constantly keep up with the times, who do not forgive anyone, in a market where the top six a year, and the next you are bringing up the rear (or vice versa).

The system of administration, which the company is subject to time , is about to expire, but that philanthropy is not just for the two biggest contenders in the mobile industry have poured $ 500 million into the coffers of Kodak. Apple and Google have in fact formed an alliance to become owners of well 1,100 patents Kodak, which means that neither have exclusive control over them, but both can boast the same rights.

This is a move not officially confirmed by any of the three companies involved, but that Bloomberg claims as legitimate on the basis of a couple of his trusted sources. Of course, even if it was all confirmed, this would not stop all of a sudden the "patent war", but still open, even if only for a moment, an idyllic setting in which the dispute would not be moved rounded corners or unlock methods, but the products. And of course do a lot of good to the coffers of Kodak, which certainly are not very rich at the moment.