HTC has released unaudited results for the fourth quarter of its 2012 financial year; audited results are expected within a few weeks.

Total revenue for Q4 reached NT$60.0 billion (£1.29 billion), operating income was NT$600 million and net income after tax was NT$1.0 billion.

HTC Corporation and UEFA have agreed that HTC will be the official mobile phone supplier partner of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for the next three years.

UEFA (Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is the governing body of European football.

Photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Company has arranged a deal that’ll see a consortium of companies paying around $525 million to buy and license over a thousand of its patents, including its digital imaging patent portfolio.

The consortium, which has been organised by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation, is believed to contain Adobe Systems, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Fujifilm, Google, HTC, Huawei, Microsoft, Research in Motion, Samsung and Shutterfly.

HTC says it’s appointed Benjamin Ho as its new Chief Marketing Officer. He’ll join the company in January and will replace John Wang, the current CMO.

It’s also changing the role of Jason Mackenzie, currently president of global sales and marketing, who will now be focussed on HTC’s global sales strategy.

It looks as though Samsung’s lawyers will be allowed to see full details of the recent Apple/HTC patent licensing agreement including the licence fees, although they won’t be permitted to pass this information to Samsung’s management.

Research by intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller recently revealed details of the agreement.