AM International, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DECKER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, AM International, Inc. (“AMI”), brought this action against Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”), alleging that the Ektraprint Copier-Duplicator machines manufactured, used and sold by Kodak infringe four U.S. Patents owned by AMI. These four patents are No. 3,838,921 (“Sargis”); No. 3,598,580 (“Baltazzi”); No. 3,606,532 (“Shelffo”); and No. 3,476,382 (“Tregay”).1 In its answer to the complaint, Kodak denied all material allegations and raised various affirmative defenses, including questions of the patents’ invalidity and…