Kodak has sued Sun Microsystems in the US District Court for the
Western District of New York, alleging patent infringement in
respect of Java, the platform-independent programming language
developed by Sun.
In a statement, Sun said:
“Based on discussions over many months with
Kodak, Sun believes that this suit is without merit, and,
accordingly, will defend itself vigorously and is confident that it
will prevail.”
Sun created Java in 1995 although it derives little direct
revenue from either it or its related technologies.
