IN RE: PAPST LICENSING DIGITAL CAMERA PATENT LITIGATION - MDL 1880

  1. August 12, 2020

    Judge 'Having Trouble' To Rule On Papst Camera Patent MDL

    Nikon Corp., Canon Inc. and other digital camera manufacturers in a long-running multidistrict patent infringement suit appeared to have hit a stumbling block Wednesday after a D.C. federal judge cast strong doubts on their request for an order finding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board had previously invalidated similar claims asserted in the case.

  2. October 26, 2016

    Camera Data Patent MDL About Software, Manufacturers Say

    Digital camera manufacturers urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to look at the invention a German patent holding company says they infringed in consolidated multidistrict ligation as based around software rather than hardware, in an effort to argue there's no innovation here worth protecting.

  3. November 14, 2013

    Nikon, Fujifilm Triumph In Data Transmission Patent MDL

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday entered final judgment of noninfringement of all patents in the first wave of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation brought by a German patent-holding company against digital camera makers, including Nikon Corp., and certified the judgment for appeal.

  4. July 01, 2013

    Camera Makers' Devices Cleared From MDL Patent Claims

    Digital camera makers including Nikon Corp. scored a big win Monday when a Washington federal judge handed summary judgment rulings that effectively clear all of the accused camera and recording devices from patent infringement claims in multidistrict litigation over a communication interface.

  5. March 19, 2013

    Camera Cos. Shake Memory Card Claims In Papst Patent MDL

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday threw out patent infringement claims in a multidistrict litigation against Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Co. and other camera companies, ruling that camera memory cards are stand-alone technology separate from Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG's patented "interface devices" technology.

  6. November 21, 2012

    Samsung Shakes Claims In Papst Camera Patent MDL

    A Washington federal judge nixed claims Tuesday in multidistrict litigation over 47 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. products that allegedly infringe two Papst Licensing Gmbh & Co. KG's patents covering digital camera interfaces, after Papst, which only sued Samsung's digital camera unit, was barred from adding Samsung to the case.

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