Eastman Kodak Co. failed to persuade a judge to rule that Apple Inc. has no interest in a group of patents Kodak is putting up for sale as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper said that the dispute could be resolved through a lawsuit in Kodak's chapter 11 case. "An adversary proceeding will permit the parties to raise issues in an orderly and expeditious fashion and preserve all of their just rights," Judge Gropper said. Kodak is planning to sell patent assets and said in court papers that it needed the order to aid in the sale. Apple has claimed ownership of the patents and is trying to "delay and derail" the sale effort, Kodak said.
