Apple's allegations that Eastman Kodak infringed its patents will be investigated by the International Trade Commission, the agency said on Thursday.

The products at issue in this investigation are digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and related software.

The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Apple Inc. on April 15, 2010. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of digital imaging devices and related software that infringe patents asserted by Apple. The complainants request that the USITC issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order. The USITC has identified Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY, as the respondent in this investigation.

Apple's complaint lists two patents that it says Kodak infringed to make some of its Kodak Z series of cameras, the Kodak M series, the Kodak C series, the Kodak SLICE cameras as well as the PLAYSPORT and other video cameras.