(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak , which is planning to auction 1,100 digital patents, received two bids from investor groups including Apple Inc and Google Inc of between $150 million (96.2 million pounds) and $250 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Bankrupt Kodak is selling the patents, which it believes could be worth $2.6 billion, in order to repay creditors. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection in January after failing to keep up as consumers and rivals shifted to digital photography from film photography. A spokesman for Kodak could not immediately be reached on Monday. Bids can rise quickly in bankruptcy auctions. Nortel Networks Inc in 2011 sold its patent portfolio...
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