ITC patent ruling against Apple will stand, Kodak nods approvingly

July is shaping as much as be a fantastic month for Kodak. Only a few weeks after granting the camera-maker a second wind in its ongoing patent battle against Apple and RIM , the ITC has issued one more decision in its favor, determining that a May ruling against Cupertino will stand. At issue is an Apple complaint, filed in April 2010, charging Kodak with infringement of 2 patents on image processing and gear management. On May 12, ITC Judge Robert Rogers shot down Apple’s attack, ruling that the patents weren’t infringed and that certainly one of them was invalid. The total Court were scheduled to study Rogers’ decision later this year, but that may not be happening, now that the ITC has decided to near the investigation (see the PDF, below). Kodak was understandably ok with the end result, though its concentration is going to now turn to August 30th, when an administrative law judge is anticipated to weigh in at the company’s patent offensive against both RIM and Apple.