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So I’m guessing Apple wants to use the same technique in their new phones and couldn’t come to an agreement with RED?
by dogma1138 7y ago
So I’m guessing Apple wants to use the same technique in their new phones and couldn’t come to an agreement with RED?
- threeseed 7y agoCould be two reasons: 1) They just discovered this British inventor's work and thought it was worth petitioning in order to save a few dollars for Final Cut Pro. 2) They plan to allow the iPhone/iPad to output to ProRes RAW and don't want to pay the significant royalties and so have been actively looking for prior art.
- Monroe13 7y ago3) The IPR process is expensive to defend and has a high likelihood of cancelling at least some claims, so, like many patent battles is not about the patent at all but is about creating uncertainty and risk in order to alter the negotiating landscape.