BUSINESS BRIEFING / TECHNOLOGY
From Times Wire Reports
The California Institute of Technology sued Canon Inc., Nikon Corp. and four other digital-camera makers, demanding cash for what it said was the unauthorized use of patented inventions.
Also sued were Japanese camera makers Olympus Corp., Panasonic Corp., Sony Corp. and Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. The lawsuit targets cameras made by Canon and Nikon, the world’s two biggest makers of digital cameras, and the other companies.
The companies are accused of infringing six patents owned by the institute for pixel sensors that improve the images that are transmitted electronically.
The inventions came from research Caltech did for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, according to information on the patents.
