Those who’ve been following the Red vs. Sony lawsuit will recall  that Red, creator of Red digital cameras, sued Sony in the ever-escalating patent wars between companies. In the suit, Red specifically targeted the Sony F5, F55 and F65 cameras for violating patents that they believe they hold. Besides the normal financial award that they can gain from this, Red is also seeking sales injunction on the mentioned cameras and wants them destroyed. As expected, Sony has wasted no time and is now countersuing Red with their own patent claims.

Sony believes that Red is infringing upon seven patents and is equally seeking damages and sales injunctions. Sony believes that

 the Red ONE, EPIC and SCARLET cameras, various digital still and motion camera modules, and various accessories such as the REDMOTE infringe 

on their patents. In his usual cocky style, billionaire Red CEO, Jim Jannard stated on his company forums:

 Seems like someone is nervous… it just isn’t me 

Only time will till where the final judgement lies in a trial like this but one thing is certain. Expect the trial to take some time and be ugly.

Discuss:

Are more and more companies using patent claims when they feel like they can no longer innovate or do their claims tend to be legit?

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Sony Comments re Patent Suit Filed Against Red Digital Cinema

On April 5, 2013, Sony Corporation (“Sony”) sued Red Digital Cinema (“Red”) for infringing 7 of Sony’s patents in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Sony believes that the Red ONE, EPIC and SCARLET cameras, various digital still and motion camera modules, and various accessories such as the REDMOTE infringe our patents. Sony is seeking both money damages and an injunction to stop the continued sale of Red’s infringing products. Sony makes significant investments into the research & development of technology related to the cinema camera industry and intends to protect those investments against companies that infringe our patents.

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