Kodak may not bring much innovation these days, but they appear to know how to bring it when it comes to patent infringement battles -- an International Trade Commission judge has just ruled in favor of the Rochester company in half of its ongoing battle with Apple.

Engadget is reporting that the verdict is in for at least half of Kodak’s patent infringement battle against Apple, and it’s not looking so good for Cupertino right now. On Thursday, International Trade Commission judge Robert Rogers “determined that Apple’s allegations of patent infringement are unfounded, adding that one of the company’s patents is invalid.”

Kodak’s suit with the ITC focuses on “two digital camera technologies owned by Apple,” one for processing multiple photos at once and the other “to simultaneously adjust an image’s balance, color and resolution.” Apple specifically claims that Kodak infringed on these technologies for the company’s Z-series, M-series, C-series and Slice cameras as well as “some video cameras.”

Judge Rogers at the ITC hasn’t stated his rationale behind denying Apple the claim, but it’s clear that he doesn’t agree with Cupertino. Both sides will have the chance to review the judge’s confidential decision, which is pending review by the full ITC on September 19.

For their part, the once mighty, now underdog Kodak simply stated they were “pleased” with the ITC decision as they sniff the blood Apple has dripped in the patent pool -- and there’s more to come, with a May 23 decision on Kodak’s patent lawsuit against Apple and Research in Motion first filed in January, 2010.

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