Indeed given that Apple withdrew its claim for infringement in Germany, no German court appears even now to be seized of a claim for infringement.

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Last week, a company called Faulkner Literary Rights filed a copyright infringement claim against Sony Pictures Classics.

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Shares in ailing 131-year-old camera maker Eastman Kodak spiked on Monday after the U.S. International Trade Commission announced it would review a patent-infringement claim against Apple and Research In Motion over the use of image preview technologies, patented by Kodak in 2001.

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As such, Plaintiffs have not demonstrated that they are likely to prevail on the merits on this claim in their copyright infringement action.

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They have just one ally in the current patent litigation landscape: NPEs that have the expertise to determine the validity of their claim, and the resources necessary to pursue it to a final judgment of infringement.

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