DJI and Insta360 are in a patent battle over vlogging cameras
Key takeaways
- DJI claims Insta360 copied its Osmo Pocket 3, while Insta360 claims DJI copied its gimbals.
- Insta360 Camera companies DJI and Insta360 are in the midst of a legal dustup over two competing self-stabilizing cameras: the Osmo Pocket 3 and the recently launched Insta360 Luna Ultra.
- In a separate lawsuit focused on utility patents, the company also says Insta360 violated patents focused on the tracking technology of its gimbal.
DJI claims Insta360 copied its Osmo Pocket 3, while Insta360 claims DJI copied its gimbals.
Insta360 Camera companies DJI and Insta360 are in the midst of a legal dustup over two competing self-stabilizing cameras: the Osmo Pocket 3 and the recently launched Insta360 Luna Ultra. DJI kicked things off by suing Insta360 on June 11 for violating two design patents and four utility patents to create the Luna Ultra, according to Peta Pixel. Insta360 recently countered with its own lawsuits, alleging DJI has violated five of its own gimbal and stabilization patents.
In one lawsuit, DJI claims that the basic design of the Luna Ultra violates Osmo Pocket patents covering things like the camera's handheld body, the neck connecting the body to the gimbal arm, its scroll wheel and record button and its rotating display. In a separate lawsuit focused on utility patents, the company also says Insta360 violated patents focused on the tracking technology of its gimbal. According to PetaPixel, DJI is seeking a permanent injunction that would prevent Insta360 from selling the Luna Ultra, along with damages "no less than a reasonable royalty," profit disgorgement (a handing over of what Insta360 has made on the Luna Ultra so far) and further enhanced damages since Insta360 may have willfully infringed on DJI's patents.