Nikon's lawsuit against SIGMA was rejected

[katate]

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The judge did not accept the Nikon's claim. He said that Nikon's patent is easily invented by combining the other inventions, so it is not infringement.

Nikon is going to appeal to a higher court.

 

[Laurence Matson]

It is like the end of an era when another Doom Dosage source appears to be drying up. Maybe they will find fire ants in Quality Control next.

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The judge did not accept the Nikon's claim. He said that Nikon's patent is easily invented by combining the other inventions, so it is not infringement.

Nikon is going to appeal to a higher court.

 

[Kendall Helmstetter Gelner]

Thanks for the update, I wonder how much this patent dispute was affecting new lenses not offering OS...

 

[SigmaChrome]

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The judge did not accept the Nikon's claim. He said that Nikon's patent is easily invented by combining the other inventions, so it is not infringement.

Nikon is going to appeal to a higher court.

Or... they could save their money and instead put it into preserving vast areas of rain forest.

 

[Scott Greiff]

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner wrote:

Thanks for the update, I wonder how much this patent dispute was affecting new lenses not offering OS...

Keep OS out of my Art and messing it up!




-Scott

 

[jrdigitalart]

SigmaChrome wrote:.

Or... they could save their money and instead put it into preserving vast areas of rain forest.

. . . that's no way to gain a tax break.

 

[maple]

Some times law suit is not pursued for the merits of the case, but the process itself.

 

[Kendall Helmstetter Gelner]

maple wrote:

Some times law suit is not pursued for the merits of the case, but the process itself.

 

[maple]

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner wrote:

maple wrote:

Some times law suit is not pursued for the merits of the case, but the process itself.

 

[yvind Strm]

maple wrote:

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner wrote:

maple wrote:

Some times law suit is not pursued for the merits of the case, but the process itself.

 

[Roland Karlsson]

katate wrote:

The judge did not accept the Nikon's claim. He said that Nikon's patent is easily invented by combining the other inventions, so it is not infringement.

Interesting. It would be fun to get a description of Nikon´s patent and the two that it did consist of (according to the judge).

The judge is probably right. Many patents are quite obvious combinations of already existing stuff.

 

[Petroglyph]

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[Pete Stavrakoglou]

Kendall Helmstetter Gelner wrote:

maple wrote:

Some times law suit is not pursued for the merits of the case, but the process itself.

 

[amdme127]

A reason that companies sometimes bring a lawsuit against another company is to show the other company's hand. Lawsuits force both companies to open up information to fight the lawsuit that normally wouldn't be public knowledge. It is possible that Nikon is wanting to know more about the research Sigma is doing in lenses in order aid them as they make future decisions in research and development to compete with Sigma.

 

[Ed_S]

Doom dosage? Eloquent.

RE: "Higher court" Prayer?