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's going to spend a lot of money on lawyers but is likely to win (if they don't settle out of court...)(When reading patents, skip to the claims, they are the only part that actually matters).7,830,967's independent claim is a 2k+ resolution video camera that records sRGB or rec709 gamma. That's it.8,174,560 is even more ridiculous. It'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.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.