In a previous interview with TheStreet.com, Alexander Poltorak compared the Kodak patent auction to similar companies - among them, InterDigital. Now that InterDigital has cancelled the sale of its patent portfolio, Dr. Poltorak and other IP experts are speculating how successful (if at all) Kodak will be in selling its patents, litigating its various patent infringement lawsuits and surviving its cash crisis.

Kodak has officially declared bankruptcy, which removes a lot of the uncertainty potential buyers had about purchasing its patents. But it remains to be seen whether Kodak will be able to make enough money from sales of its intellectual property to stay afloat and prevail in its ongoing litigation.

One of the first and biggest IP news stories of the new year is Kodak's last-ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy through patent sales. But as GPC's Alexander Poltorak explains in a recent interview, the patents' many licensees may be more of a liability than an asset. ("Kodak's Patent Pivot May Not Avert Bankruptcy", TheStreet.com, January 4, 2012)

The ITC's ruling on the Apple/HTC patent litigation narrowed an earlier ruling, finding that some HTC smartphones using Android infringed only two claims of one Apple patent rather than multiple claims of two separate patents. However, Alexander Poltorak explains that this is still not good news for HTC. ("Apple Ruling Hits Android", The Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2011)

GPC's Alexander Poltorak was one of the patent experts interviewed by The New York Times regarding the International Trade Commission's recent ruling in the Apple-HTC litigation. ("U.S. Backs Apple In Patent Ruling That Hits Google", The New York Times, December 19, 2011)

The International Trade Commission (ITC) is scheduled to issue a ruling on the patent dispute between Apple and smartphone manufacturer HTC. HTC appealed a July ruling by an administrative law judge that it had infringed two of 10 patents that Apple brought before the court. In a recent interview, GPC's Alexander Poltorak commented on the case and whether Apple will settle with HTC.

The European Commission has asked Samsung for information on the enforcement of "standards-essential patents" in an effort to determine whether there are antitrust issues at play in the ongoing patent infringement battle between Samsung and Apple. In a recent article, GPC's Alexander Poltorak explains why this litigation is part and parcel of having patents - and why enforcement is the right of every patent owner.("Europe Weary of Apple, Samsung Patent War", TechNewsWorld.com, November 28, 2011)

GPC's Alexander Poltorak commented on a request from the European Commission for information from Apple and Samsung regarding standards-essential patents in the mobile telephony sector ("EU Asks Tech Giants for Patent Details", Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2011 - subscription required). Standards-essential patents are those which relate to an area of technology crucial to compliance with an industry standard, such as WiFi or 3G.