Just a few days after the official launch of the Insta360 Luna Ultra camera, DJI filed two lawsuits in the US against Arashi Vision, which operates under the Insta360 brand. The first lawsuit refers to the alleged infringement of two design patents, while the second covers four patents related to the technical functions of the cameras.
DJI claims in the first lawsuit that the Luna series looks too much like the Osmo Pocket 3 and takes over the architecture of a handheld camera with an integrated stabilizer and optics. The company states that Insta360 directly presents its models as competitors to the Osmo Pocket line, while at the same time using similar design solutions.
DJI claims that the Insta360 Luna copies the Osmo Pocket design
Among the disputed elements, DJI singles out the shape of the door that connects the body of the stabilizer to the camera and the handle, the rotating screen, the lower part of the housing with the control wheel and the recording button, the port for connections on the base of the device and the side slot for accessories.
The second lawsuit relates to four technical patents covering object tracking and stabilizer control. DJI claims that the Luna Ultra, accompanying equipment and the mobile Insta360 app heavily borrow from the company’s patented solutions.
Insta360 has not yet released a detailed response to the lawsuits, but sources say the company is preparing counterclaims in the US. Insta360 told PetaPixel that the Luna series is the result of several years of independent development, and not a quick response to the success of the Osmo Pocket device.
According to the company, development of the Luna camera began back in 2020, while earlier products such as the One R, Link and Flow helped shape the final concept. With that, Insta360 tries to show that the design and functions of the new camera come from its own development direction.
This is not the first patent dispute between the two companies. DJI already filed a lawsuit in March claiming that certain patents related to the Insta360 drone are based on inventions developed by former DJI employees less than a year after they left.
The dispute could escalate into a wider battle in the market for compact cameras with a stabilizer. The final outcome will depend on whether the court will accept the claims that the Luna series really uses the protected elements of the Osmo Pocket design and technology or whether it is a question of similarities that naturally arise from the same category of devices, reports Unbox.