专利诉讼并不能使柯达免于一场彻底的改革：正如所料，这家摄影公司刚刚宣布申请破产。柯达表示，它自愿在纽约申请第11章重组，目的是“增强美国和海外的流动性，将非战略知识产权货币化，公平解决遗留债务，此外，该公司还初步获得了9.5亿美元的债务人持有信贷，以便在正式破产时继续运营：该公司表示，希望继续向员工支付薪酬，为****，并暂时履行义务。

当柯达谈论“有价值的生意”时，当然，它并不是指相机。董事长安东尼奥·佩雷斯在新闻稿中重申，公司的剩余价值在于知识产权，特别是印刷技术和图像捕获专利。不过，按照这样的速度，这一知识产权可能会被廉价**：有传言称，如果无法直接**专利，该公司将提交申请。

柯达在www.kodaktransforms.com为了进一步讨论第11章的申请，但目前网站要求我们提供登录名和密码。现在开始了，你也可以在下面找到公司的完整新闻稿。

更新：你想自己看看柯达的破产申请吗？这是PDF格式的完整**书。根据这份文件，截至2011年9月30日，柯达拥有51亿美元的资产和67.5亿美元的债务。有趣的是，这份文件提到了诺基亚一个相当具体的说法：显然，诺基亚欠这家芬兰公司1200万美元的知识产权使用费。

更新2：柯达的破产网站上线，该公司表示，预计2013年完成美国重组。

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Non-U.S. Subsidiaries Are Not Included in U.S. Filing and Are Not Subject to Court Supervision

--Company Secures $950 million in Debtor-in-Possession Financing in U.S.

--Kodak's Reorganization to Facilitate Emergence as Profitable and Sustainable Enterprise

Eastman Kodak Company ("Kodak" or the "Company") announced today that it and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petiti*** for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

The business reorganization is intended to bolster liquidity in the U.S. and abroad, monetize non-strategic intellectual property, fairly resolve legacy liabilities, and enable the Company to focus on its most valuable business lines. The Company has made pioneering investments in digital and materials deposition technologies in recent years, generating approximately 75% of its revenue from digital businesses in 2011.

Kodak has obtained a fully-committed, $950 million debtor-in-possession credit facility with an 18-month maturity from Citigroup to enhance liquidity and working capital. The credit facility is subject to Court approval and other conditi*** precedent. The Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to operate its business during chapter 11, and to continue the flow of goods and services to its customers in the ordinary course.

Kodak expects to pay employee wages and benefits and continue customer programs. Subsidiaries outside of the U.S. are not subject to proceedings and will honor all obligati*** to suppliers, whenever incurred. Kodak and its U.S. subsidiaries will honor all post-petition obligati*** to suppliers in the ordinary course.

"Kodak is taking a significant step toward enabling our enterprise to complete its transformation," said Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "At the same time as we have created our digital business, we have also already effectively exited certain traditional operati***, closing 13 manufacturing plants and 130 processing labs, and reducing our workforce by 47,000 since 2003. Now we must complete the transformation by further addressing our cost structure and effectively monetizing non-core IP assets. We look forward to working with our stakeholders to emerge a lean, world-class, digital imaging and materials science company."

"After c***idering the advantages of chapter 11 at this time, the Board of Directors and the entire senior management team unanimously believe that this is a necessary step and the right thing to do for the future of Kodak," Mr. Perez continued. "Our goal is to maximize value for stakeholders, including our employees, retirees, creditors, and pension trustees. We are also committed to working with our valued customers.

"Chapter 11 gives us the best opportunities to maximize the value in two critical parts of our technology portfolio: our digital capture patents, which are essential for a wide range of mobile and other c***umer electronic devices that capture digital images and have generated over $3 billion of licensing revenues since 2003; and our breakthrough printing and deposition technologies, which give Kodak a competitive advantage in our growing digital businesses."

Mr. Perez concluded, "The Board of Directors, the senior management team and I would like to underscore our appreciation for the hard work and loyalty of our employees. Kodak exemplifies a culture of collaboration and innovation. Our employees embody that culture and are essential to our future success."

Kodak has taken this step after preliminary discussi*** with key c***tituencies and intends to work toward a c***ensual reorganization in the best interests of its stakeholders. Kodak expects to complete its U.S.-based restructuring during 2013.

The Company and its Board of Directors are being advised by Lazard, FTI C***ulting Inc. and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. In addition, Dominic DiNapoli, Vice Chairman of FTI C***ulting, will serve as Chief Restructuring Officer to support the management team as to restructuring matters during the chapter 11 case.

More information about Kodak's Chapter 11 filing is available on the Internet at www.kodaktransforms.com . Information for suppliers and vendors is available at (800) 544-7009 or (585) 724-6100.

Kodak will be filing monthly operating reports with the Bankruptcy Court and also plans to post these monthly operating reports on the Investor Relati*** section of Kodak.com. The Company will continue to file quarterly and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will also be available in the Investor Relati*** section of Kodak.com.