Bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. was sued by Japan's Kyocera Corp. for allegedly infringing more than a dozen U.S. patents with its printers and digital cameras, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Kodak, based in Rochester, N.Y., will cause “irreparable harm” to Kyoto-based Kyocera if the infringement is not stopped, plaintiff’s lawyers said in a court complaint. Kyocera is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages from Kodak, which has been trying to sell some of its own patents to pay creditors. Kodak sought bankruptcy protection in January 2012, citing $5.1 billion in assets and $6.75 billion in debt, as the transition to digital photography eroded the company’s film- based business.
