With Eastman Kodak Co. having last month filed a formal complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), accusing Apple and Research In Motion (RIM) of infringing on Kodak’s patents pertaining its digital imaging technology, the Commission said on Wednesday that it will investigate the patent infringement charges against the two companies.

In a Thursday announcement, the camera bigwig Eastman Kodak said that it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple as well as Research in Motion (RIM), for allegedly contravening its patented digital imaging technology.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has agreed to settle the patent dispute with Eastman Kodak. This South Korean electronics giant will pay a masked amount to Kodak in lieu of the patent dispute.

In November, Kodak had reported a matter to the commission that the technology patented by Kodak for use in digital cameras in mobile, was breached by Samsung and LG Electronics.

Eastman Kodak in going for job cuts due to declining sales in its digital cameras business and low business for commercial printing segment. The company provides commercial printing solutions and manufactures a lot of photography related products including digital cameras, picture frames and printers.