Overview
- DJI filed two patent lawsuits in the U.S. Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday, June 10, accusing Arashi Vision (Insta360’s U.S. unit) of infringing an ornamental design patent and multiple utility patents tied to the Osmo Pocket line and seeking permanent injunctions and damages.
- In response, Insta360’s U.S. arm has lodged counterclaims in federal court asserting five invention patents that cover stabilization algorithms, pointing control, smoothing/anti-shake, motion-data overlay and panoramic stabilization and has asked China’s CNIPA to invalidate related patent families.
- The dispute now runs on two parallel tracks: fast-moving U.S. federal litigation aimed at injunctive relief and slower administrative invalidation proceedings in China, a split that can produce different legal outcomes in each market.
- The clash came as Insta360 launched the Luna Ultra on June 10 and reports say DJI plans to announce a Pocket 4P model around June 15, a timing that raises immediate commercial pressure over product availability and retail plans.
- Both firms have traded patent fights this year and the current cases could disrupt supply, retail listings and after‑sales service for handheld gimbal cameras while prolonging legal uncertainty for customers and small retailers.