After DJI and DJI Osmo filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Insta360 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Insta360 recently filed a patent counterclaim against DJI in the United States on June 12, marking the first patent litigation battle between the two parties in overseas markets.
The core of this patent dispute centers on the Luna series handheld gimbal camera, Insta360’s debut product in the gimbal camera segment.
Shortly after the official launch of Insta360’s first gimbal camera Luna Ultra, DJI initiated court proceedings on June 10 and 11 local time in the United States, alleging the product infringes two design patents and four invention patents held by DJI. The asserted patents cover core underlying technologies and designs deployed in DJI’s Osmo Pocket lineup, including gimbal electromechanical control and shooting control. In its complaint, DJI sought a permanent injunction to halt all infringing sales activities, and demanded that Insta360 disgorge infringing profits, pay damages and bear litigation costs.
Following the lawsuit filed against it, Insta360 swiftly counter-sued DJI in the U.S. based on five invention patents covering gimbal cameras and panoramic cameras. The patented technologies include gimbal stabilization algorithms, gimbal pointing control, smooth camera anti-shake, motion data overlay and panoramic video stabilization. In parallel, Insta360 filed invalidation petitions for the relevant family patents with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).
This marks the second direct legal clash between the two brands spilling over from market competition to court this year. Back in March, DJI brought a domestic lawsuit against Insta360 over ownership of drone-related patents, merely three months after Insta360 rolled out the world’s first panoramic drone. That case involves six patent ownership disputes, with multiple former core DJI R&D staff implicated. It also represents DJI’s first domestic litigation concerning patent ownership since its founding, and the case remains pending trial to date.
