Pure Digital Technology’s Flip Video YouTube/Blogging Camcorder In Hot Water [Patent Suit Filed]

According to Reuters, the company behind the enormously popular Flip
Video YouTube/Blogging camcorder, Pure Digital Technology, is facing a
patent suit in relation to the camcorders image compression software
which, according to New York company Advanced Video Technologies, they
hold the patent for and has been used without consent.

AVT filed the suit on Wednesday (16/04/08) at the U.S. District Court in
lower Manhattan with respect to the 'Full Duplex Single Chip Video
Codec' which facilitates the compression of video imagery into much
reduced file sizes whilst retaining sharp image quality.

Thankfully for those seeking to purchase the Flip anytime soon, AVT is
not, according to the report, seeking to cease the device's sales at
this juncture, however, they are seeking unspecified damages as well as
royalties which, when you consider that Pure Digital Technology's Flip
Video presently has a 13% share in the camcorder market, will be
substantial.

At the time of writing, Pure Digital Technology are yet to comment.

Reuters