Friday, August 24, 2012

There is a possibility Cancel Sell Kodak Patents


Rochester, New York - Kodak plans to sell some of the patents-patents to protect the company from bankruptcy. But lately, the pioneer in the world of photography is to reconsider the plan.

This news follows the news earlier saying that Kodak has delayed the announcement of the sale of his patent. "Kodak has not reached the certainty or agreement to sell digital imagingnya patent portfolio," Kodak said in a statement.

It was reported that Kodak could be just selling some digital imaging patents who want removed, or even not sell any, quoted by us from AllThingsD, Monday (20/08/2012).

A person familiar with the matter said that the offer came for this portfolio is just below the USD 2 billion.

The official voice menyugestikan that patent auction has been running not running as expected company based in Rochester, New York, United States.

As is known, Kodak fought hard to save 'life' of the company. In addition to selling some of the 1100 patents, Kodak has also come out of the camera business and switch to digital printing as well as the creation of new applications in the field.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal has reported that initial bids from two consortia, which was led by corporate giants, Google and Apple.

Meanwhile, HTC Loss price 380 billion due to restructuring OnLive ..

HTC had posted a loss of $ 40 million or around Price 380 billion due to a failed investment in a cloud-based gaming service, OnLive.

But unfortunately, OnLive on the other hand was forced to restructure because the infrastructure costs are so high that it makes the company failed to gain profit. This condition causes great harm to HTC.

Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer is to invest it in February 2011 ago. This action was seen as a gesture of HTC to bring more online games to smartphones made by them.

The loss was only a month after the lapse HTC reviewing its investment in Beats Electronics service owned it. HTC bought a majority stake in Beats with a value of USD 300 million to upgrade the audio system in the handset.

Our quoted from PCWorld, Tuesday (21/08/2012), the U.S. company has been acquired by a new owner who was not named. Upon acquisition, OnLive still continue layanananya, but as part of the restructuring, a number of employees have been laid off.

However, after almost a year deal was done, HTC said in July that it would sell back its stake and retain a 25% ownership. Analysts say investment in Beats HTC did not meet expectations.

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