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Canon bans Viltrox lens

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bodeswell Senior Member • Posts: 1,378
Re: Canon bans Viltrox lens

Scott Larson wrote:

sybersitizen wrote:

Scott Larson wrote:

What's the number of this patent? I tried searching but I only found their patents for RF lenses.

Japan Patent Application 2018-084713, as noted here:

https://www.canonnews.com/canon-patent-application-the-first-sniff-of-a-new-mount-for-canon

Great, they patented the size of a hole and bunch of connectors. Innovation!

The article, which does not actually link to the patent, does not say anything about holes or bunches. In any case, you can’t patent the size of a hole. You can only patent inventions, like a new communications protocol.

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