Nick Brown for Reuters:

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper, who oversees Kodak’s Chapter 11 case, said at a Thursday hearing it would be an “inappropriate way forward” to allow Apple to continue pursuing litigation over a Kodak patent that lets consumers preview digital photographs on LCD screens.

Kodak is in the process of trying to unload patents as part of its bankruptcy restructuring. The judge hearing the case says that Apple can’t block Kodak’s attempts under existing law that protects bankrupt companies from lawsuits that might qualify as “creditor harassment.”