RED is suing Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents
The patents in question are a new level of terribad. So bad that they can be trivially invalidated by prior art. Nikon&#x27;s going to spend a lot of money on lawyers but is likely to win (if they don&#x27;t settle out of court...)<p>(When reading patents, skip to the claims, they are the only part that actually matters).<p>7,830,967&#x27;s independent claim is a 2k+ resolution video camera that records sRGB or rec709 gamma. That&#x27;s it.<p>8,174,560 is even more ridiculous. It&#x27;s a 2k+ resolution camera that records at a 6:1 or more compression ratio. No actual method or anything, just the concept of compressing at least 6:1 compression ratio. Check out indepedent claim #1.<p>Both of these are very likely to have very easy prior art available. Finding any camera that records high resolution video, made before the priority date would do it.