A few days after Insta360 made its DJI Osmo Pocket 4P competitor official with the Luna Ultra, DJI has launched two lawsuits against Insta360 alleging patent violations. The lawsuits were filed in the US, where DJI apparently believes it has a better chance of winning.
In the first lawsuit, DJI accuses Insta360 of infringing its design patents by producing and selling the Luna series, which DJI says closely copies its own Osmo Pocket line designs. The resemblance is evident from a distance, but whether it’s enough for DJI to secure an injunction that would halt sales of the Insta360 Luna line in the US remains to be seen.
DJI specifically mentions the “ornamental design” described in one of its patents, covering the “elongated handheld body, neck connecting the body to the gimbal arm connection point, gimbal assembly and camera,” with the “module at the top, rotatable display and bezel, lower control section housing the scroll wheel and record button, side-mounted accessory slot, and the port opening at the base” covered by another patent.
In the second lawsuit, DJI cites four utility patents it holds, alleging Insta360 has violated each one. These cover a control device for a gimbal allowing mode switching between follow and locked modes via a single control, a handheld gimbal with integrated subject tracking and real-time display, a gimbal control method where the device’s own image of the target drives motor commands, and a self-contained system for tracking a subject and displaying the image on the gimbal’s screen.
Earlier this year, DJI also sued Insta360 in China, alleging the company poached former DJI employees and used stolen research to file drone-related patents.
