Eastman Kodak has appointed Laura Quatela to the newly consolidated position of general counsel and chief intellectual property officer. She will report directly to Kodak CEO Antonio Perez.

Quatela, who has served as chief intellectual property officer since January 2008, assumes the additional role of general counsel from Joyce Haag, who is retiring Dec. 31. In her role as chief intellectual property officer, Quatela is responsible for IP strategy and policy, the senior IP strategy council, and external IP affairs.

Quatela joined Kodak in 1999 and held various positions within the marketing, antitrust, trademark & litigation staff in the company’s legal department. Previously, she was managing director of intellectual property transactions. In August 2006, the board of directors elected her a vice president of the company.