Brian Drysdale Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 It seems that RED is suing Sony over patent infringement. http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/lawsuit-red-digital-cinemas-sony-corp-the-hobbit-cameras/#more-429289 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 13, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 13, 2013 I have the distinct feeling this might end badly for RED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted February 13, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 13, 2013 Desperate much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Bobkovsky Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Let's see if they win this time, because Sony is no joke. It's not unheard of, though, Kodak lived on stuff like this for longer than I'm alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Walters Posted February 14, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 14, 2013 It seems that RED is suing Sony over patent infringement. http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/lawsuit-red-digital-cinemas-sony-corp-the-hobbit-cameras/#more-429289 From the story: "Days after settling an email-hacking lawsuit with rival camera makers ARRI..." So when did that happen? The only reference I can find to such an event is on the Deadline Website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted February 15, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2013 From the story: "Days after settling an email-hacking lawsuit with rival camera makers ARRI..." So when did that happen? The only reference I can find to such an event is on the Deadline Website. You've gotta look further than REDuser for all your news Keith! :P http://cinescopophilia.com/red-vs-arri-inc-micheal-bravin-court-case-settled-dismissed-with-prejudice/ http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/red-sues-arri-sony-lawsuit-f65-f55-f5-camera/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/red-sues-arri-sony-lawsuit-f65-f55-f5-camera/ The SI-2K uses the Cineform Raw, which is mentioned here, presumably you'd be safe using that. If as it's suggested, it's about compressed RAW, I assume the Cineform RAW was around as a product when the RED patent was filed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Walters Posted February 15, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2013 You've gotta look further than REDuser for all your news Keith! :P http://cinescopophilia.com/red-vs-arri-inc-micheal-bravin-court-case-settled-dismissed-with-prejudice/ http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/red-sues-arri-sony-lawsuit-f65-f55-f5-camera/ Tee bloody hee... Those articles appeared after my post... Well anyway, business as usual Plaintiff: 0, Defendant: 0, Lawyers $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ WTF times 20,000?! RED are claiming to have invented a Video Camera...? http://www.google.com/patents/US8358357 Like, a video camera? The one thing all the Reduser Chuckleheads emphatically insist the RED cameras are not! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 The patent seems to centre around at least 4K compressed RAW, so that would take the SI-2K out of any conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Walters Posted February 16, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted February 16, 2013 -Deleted by KW 17 Feb 2012- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob spence Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Even more ridiculous things have happened...like the time arri took aaton to court over a swivelling eyepiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Patents allow you to protect your intellectual property. I believe the Aaton V/F was being able to flip it from one side to the other, which was in the Arri patent, although I gather you could break a pin in your new camera to achieve this function if you wanted to. Possibly the best well known industry patent was for the Steadicam, which was defended on a number of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob spence Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Absolutely. les bosher told me that aaton got round the problem by fitting the tension screw to the eyepiece. that did it apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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