Is this why we have been waiting for a new Canon camera body

[lb]

I came across this court case that Canon lost and states that most all Canon Cameras are in conflict with copyright laws "Patent Court Case" , is this why we have been waiting for so long for a new Body, is Canon inventing their own camera firmware at long last.
Canon Lose Patent Court Case Over the 5D MKII and Other Cameras


http://cinescopophilia.com/canon-lose-patent-court-case-over-the-5d-mkii-and-other-cameras/

http://www.intellectualventures.com/assets_docs/IV-_Canon__Olympus_Complaint_2011.pdf

and now Canons printer and laser technology is at question of being ripped off

http://www.intellectualventures.com/assets_docs/Canon_Complaint_Mar_25_2013.pdf

 

[tsurumaru]

Re: Is this wht we have been waiting for a new camera body

I came across this court case that Canon lost and states that most all Canon Cameras are in conflict with copyright laws, is this why we have been waiting for so long for a new Body, is Canon inventing their own camera firmware at long last.
Canon Lose Patent Court Case Over the 5D MKII and Other Cameras

http://cinescopophilia.com/canon-lose-patent-court-case-over-the-5d-mkii-and-other-cameras/

There's probably about a million things wrong with you post, I'm sorry if this comes across as rude but I'll try to address the major points.

This case has to do with patent infringement not copyright.

is Canon inventing their own camera firmware at long last.

Canon have always and continue to make their own firmware releases, do you even know what firmware is? This case has nothing to do with it.

Did you read the patent descriptions that IV LLC (the plaintiff) claims to hold?
These include: "methods of making a semiconductor image sensor" and "Touch screen systems and methods"
These are so broad ranging that these patents probably cover every digital camera producer that operates in the US and probably many other electronics producers. This lawsuit is currently filed against Canon and Olympus but expect more to follow. It seems like sadly another patent troll action since IV don't seem to actually produce anything, they just seek to patent as much as possible and then try to charge others licensing fees if they discover someone is using a process they hold a patent for.

If you want to understand a bit more about this type of case then have a look at patent trolls in more detail:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll

 

[heptagon]

This simply means that Canon and maybe many of the other Camera manufacturers have not done their (law/patent) research properly and now need to pay for a license and a fine to use technology others have invented and patented in the USA (and probably other countries).

This probably makes DSLRs more expensive but in the end is no big deal.

 

[Hillsilly]

Virtually every complex electronic device has a patent infringement or two hiding away somewhere.

 

[NancyP]

Patent trolls are an unfortunate cost of doing business in the tech world. They provide full employment for lawyers, and not much else. Companies don't stop doing business because someone is trolling them.

 

[rfdesigner]

Actually Patent trolls are a very unfortunate part of doing business in the USA.

Patents elsewhere are much harder to obtain. In the US the principle is (very roughly) patent anything, then fight it out in court. In most of Europe, you have to show quite a lot of proof that you really are patenting something new, novel, and of some worth (been there, done that)

It's why I'm absolutely dead against an EU/US tie up on this matter. We inherit all the US lax patents then end up filling lawyers pockets trying to undo the damage... it would decimate the UKs small and medium businesses who are the mainstay of the UK economy.