Japanese court overturns Red RAW video patent

Richard Butler· Aug 10, 2026 · 12:36 AM UTC ·3 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 2 views

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A Japanese court has overturned a Red Raw video patent, following a challenge by Panasonic, which could potentially impact the adoption of Raw video technology. The patent, first filed in 2008, described a high-resolution video camera that compresses its Raw data, and its invalidation may affect license fees due to Red from users of Apple's ProRes RAW codec. The impact of this decision is uncertain, but it could lead to changes in the production of cameras with internal Raw video capture by companies like Canon, Panasonic, Sony, and Blackmagic Design.

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▪The Japanese Patent Office has declared one of Red's key Raw video patents as invalid, following a challenge by Panasonic.
▪The patent described a high-resolution video camera that compresses its Raw data and was first filed in the US in 2008.
▪The invalidation of the patent may lead to the abolition of license fees reportedly due to Red from users of Apple's ProRes RAW codec.

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Home / News / nikon Panasonic did what Apple, Sony and Nikon couldn’t: overturn a Red Raw video patent Japan’s patent court just invalidated one of the patents that stood in the way of Raw video’s adoption Red By Richard Butler Published August 6, 2026 · Updated August 6, 2026 Share When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. The Japanese Patent Office has declared one of Red’s key Raw video patents as invalid, following a challenge by Panasonic. The court determined that many of the claims made in the patent, first filed in the US in 2008, would have been obvious to someone skilled in the subject area and familiar with existing developments.

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