DJI And Insta360 Are In A Patent Battle Over Vlogging Cameras

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DJI claims Insta360 copied its Osmo Pocket 3, while Insta360 claims DJI copied its gimbals.

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 PetaPixel. 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...

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