Drone and camera giant DJI has filed two patent lawsuits against Arashi Vision Inc., which does business as Insta360, over its new Luna series of gimbal cameras.
The lawsuits, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, allege that Insta360’s Luna Pro and Luna Ultra cameras violate DJI’s patents covering the design and technology of its popular Osmo Pocket 3. One lawsuit alleges two violations of design patents, while the other alleges four utility patent violations.
DJI is seeking a permanent injunction, an award of damages “no less than a reasonable royalty,” profit disgorgement, and further enhanced damages in both cases.
The Allegations
DJI claims that Insta360’s Luna cameras closely copy the design and features of the Osmo Pocket 3. In its lawsuit, DJI notes that the “ornamental design” described in one of its patents covers the “elongated handheld body, neck connecting the body to the gimbal arm connection point, gimbal assembly and camera.” A second patent covers 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.”
DJI alleges Insta360 has violated both.
“The Luna line comprises at least two products: the Insta360 Luna Pro and the Insta360 Luna Ultra. According to Insta360’s own promotional materials, product teasers, and demonstrations at the 2026 NAB Show, the Accused Products are handheld gimbal cameras with integrated optics — the same product architecture pioneered by the DJI Osmo Pocket — and Insta360 markets them expressly as competitors to DJI’s Osmo Pocket line,” DJI says in its lawsuit.
Utility Patent Violations
In DJI’s second lawsuit, the company cites four of the utility patents that it says Insta360 also violated:
First, a patent describing a control device for a gimbal allowing mode switching between follow and locked modes via a single control. Second, a handheld gimbal with integrated subject tracking and real-time display, eliminating the need for a separate app. Third, a gimbal control method where the device’s own image of the target drives the gimbal’s motor commands. Fourth, a self-contained system for tracking a subject and displaying the image on the gimbal’s screen.
“Insta360’s new Luna line of gimbal cameras, including but not limited to the Luna Ultra, supporting accessories, and the Insta360 mobile application, blatantly copy DJI’s patented inventions wholesale,” DJI asserts.
Willful Infringement Claim
DJI is seeking enhanced damages, arguing that Insta360’s infringement was willful.
“At a minimum, [Insta360 has] had actual knowledge of each of the Asserted Patents and of their infringement thereof no later than the filing and service of this Complaint. Defendants’ continued importation, manufacture, use, sale, and offer for sale of the Accused Products, and associated acts to induce or contribute to infringement of the Accused Patents by users of the Accused Products, with knowledge of the Asserted Patents, constitutes willful infringement warranting enhanced damages,” DJI says.
The Timing
It appears DJI had been preparing these lawsuits since at least the NAB show earlier this year and was waiting for Insta360 to officially sell the Luna in the United States before filing. That happened yesterday.
Earlier this year, DJI sued Insta360 similarly, alleging patent infringement of its drone-based image processing technology.
The Bottom Line
DJI has filed two patent lawsuits against Insta360 in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Insta360’s new Luna Pro and Luna Ultra gimbal cameras violate DJI’s design and utility patents covering its Osmo Pocket 3. DJI claims Insta360 “blatantly copied” its patented inventions and is seeking a permanent injunction, damages, profit disgorgement, and enhanced damages for willful infringement. The lawsuits were filed just after Insta360 began selling the Luna in the United States.
