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STATE OF NEW YORKEXECUTIVE CHAMBER
633 THIRD AVENUENEW YORK, NY 10017
March 18,2011
The Honorable Dearma Tarmer Okun, ChairmanThe Honorable Irving
A. Williamson, Vice ChairmanThe Honorable Shara L. Aranoff,
CommissionerThe Honorable Daniel R. Pearson, CommissionerThe
Honorable Charlotte R. Lane, CommissionerThe Honorable Dean A.
Pinkert, CommissionerUnited States International Trade
Commission500 E Street, S.W.Washington, DC 20436Dear Madame
Chairman, Mr. Vice Chairman, and Commissioners:
I write to share my perspective on the current ITC claim brought
by Eastman Kodak Companyagainst Apple and Research In Motion (RIM).
I believe that it is in the best interest of sound tradepolicy and
the fair protection of intellectual property for this claim to be
reviewed by the fullCommission.
Digital innovation at Eastman Kodak - which includes invention
of the digital camera andother breakthrough technologies - has had
a significant benefit for the economy in upstate New York,as well
as for 7,100 Kodak employees and Kodak's 20,000 retirees who call
New York home.It is my understanding that the Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) in Kodak's ITC case againstApple and RIM issued a
preliminary decision that contradicts a decision made less than a
year ago byanother ALJ concerning the exact same Kodak patent.Given
the value of Kodak innovation to the region's economy and the
national economy, aswell as this discrepancy in ALJ decisions, I
believe that it is of fundamental importance for Kodak'sclaim to be
heard promptly and before the full Commission.Thank you for your
consideration of my perspective on this matter.
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