Fujifilm Sues Kodak for Royalties on Chemical-Free Printing Tech

Fujifilm Corp. alleges in a federal lawsuit that Eastman Kodak Co.’s “processless” lithographic printing plates infringe 4 patents.

Kodak’s Sonora X and Sonora Xtra process-free plates infringe US Patent Nos. 10,427,443; 10,525,696; 10,875,346; and 11,294,279, in keeping with a grievance filed Wednesday within the US District Court docket for the District of New Jersey. The subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujifilm Holdings Corp. seeks damages for infringement together with royalties and an order blocking Kodak from additional unauthorized use of its innovations.

• Course of-free plates present high-quality, high-speed printing with out the chemical processing required when utilizing standard plates. The worldwide marketplace for …