text: Sun, Kodak settle Java lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to pay US\$92 million to settle a software patent lawsuit brought against it by Eastman Kodak Co., Sun announced Thursday. The settlement comes just six days after a New York jury found Sun guilty of violating Kodak's patents, but before any damages had been awarded. Kodak had been seeking \$1.06 billion in lump sum royalties in the case.