Opinion ID: 614173
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Kodak's Staccato Software

Text: Kodak manufactures, uses, and licenses the allegedly infringing products under the brand name Staccato. The Kodak Customers are licensed to use the Staccato software products. According to Kodak, it has licensed 1,621 copies of the software in the United States, and the Kodak Customers represent only nine (9) licenses. Appellees' Br. 5. Although the Kodak Customers are licensed to use the Staccato software, they are not involved in making it. According to S3, the Kodak Customers use Kodak's digital screening masks and systems to generate half-toned images which are typically etched onto a printing plate. The plate is then installed in a printing press, which applies ink onto the plate and then rolls it onto a media, thereby transferring the image onto the media. Appellant's Br. 18. S3 alleges that the Kodak Customers manufacture and sell their own binary reproductions in the form of half-toned image reproductions. Id.