June 26th, 2009
Sony settles digital camera lawsuit with CalTech
Sony Corporation has finally settled a a patent-infringement lawsuit that was filed by the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) over patents on digital camera technology. While the exact terms of the settlement weren’t made public, CalTech reps said that the situation was “resolved” in a filing in Los Angeles on June 23. Sony wasn’t alone though. CalTech sued six digital camera manufacturers on royalties for over 11 patents total. The five other companies were Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Samsung and Olympus.
Rachel started playing with her mother's old Brownie camera when she was just a toddler, working her way up from a Hello Kitty point-and-shoot to training on both film and digital SLRs. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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