Reuters | 17 Nov 2008 | 08:38 PM ET

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Samsung Electronics was hit with two separate sets of lawsuits as Eastman Kodak and Spansion both accused it of infringing on their patented technology.

Spansion accused Samsung of infringing its technology for flash memory, which allows a device to retain data even when its power is turned off.

Kodak accused Samsung and LG Electronics of infringing its patents for digital cameras. The suits were filed with the International Trade Commission and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

The ITC is a popular venue for patent infringement lawsuits since it can stop the importation of items made with infringed technology.

Samsung had no immediate comment on either lawsuit.

A draft copy of the Delaware suit obtained by Reuters listed Samsung and four U.S. subsidiaries as defendants.

"Spansion is seeking the exclusion from the U.S. market of well over one hundred million MP3 players, cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer electronic devices containing Samsung's infringing flash memory components," the company said in a statement.

The draft ITC document has a long list of proposed respondents, including Samsung and its U.S. subsidiaries as well as companies which use the infringing Samsung products, including Apple [AAPL 88.14 -2.10 (-2.33%) ] , Asus, Kingston, Lenovo, PNY, Research in Motion [RIMM 42.24 2.24 (+5.6%) ] , Sony [SNE 20.92 -0.20 (-0.95%) ] and Sony Ericsson.

Spansion [SPSN 0.50 0.16 (+47.06%) ] said it estimated that the infringing technology accounted for more than $30 billion in Samsung's global revenue since 2003, the company said in a statement.

Spansion filed one lawsuit against Samsung with the ITC and the second with the U.S. District Court in Delaware.