<p>Eastman Kodak Co. is in line to collect $75.8 million after an eight-person jury in U.S. District Court in a Manhattan on Wednesday found in Kodak's favor in a patent dispute with Ricoh Co. Ltd.</p><p>Kodak sued Ricoh in April 2012, 10 months after Ricoh acquired the Pentax camera line from Hoya Corp., claiming that under a 2002 licensing agreement it had inked with Ricoh, that Ricoh owed licensing fees on Pentax digital cameras.</p><p>Ricoh took the position it did not owe fees because Kodak's licensing deal with Hoya ended when Hoya sold Pentax.</p><p>The jury verdict follows U.S. District Judge Denise Cote's August ruling that Ricoh owed Kodak licensing fees on Pentax digital cameras. Cote left open the question of whether single-lens reflex Pentax cameras fell under the licensing agreement's definition of digital.</p><p><a href="http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=202399">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://ca.linexlegal.com/contents/view/57865488">WilmerHale | WilmerHale Obtains Jury Verdict, $ 75 Million in Damages for ...</a> (Linex Legal (press release) (registration))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dk0emTL6yqLsjgMTJuUP2MVEyCoEM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>