The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan has upheld the Japan Patent Office’s decision to invalidate one of RED’s important patents covering compressed RAW video recording in high-resolution cameras following a challenge by Panasonic. Here are the details:
The RED vs. Nikon patent lawsuit has been dismissed:
→ Nikon D5 DSLR and lens patent poster/prints (more available here, the photo section is here). → New Think Tank Photo SpeedTop Crossbody camera bag announced (now available at B&H). → Capture One is changing their perpetual license.
Back in May I reported that RED is suing Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents. The latest update is that Nikon is denying RED’s accusations and will be fighting the lawsuit:
RED is suing Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents. The lawsuit was filed in California yesterday (PDF file):
