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Peter Wolinski

GoPro just lost a legal battle to stop Insta360 selling you its action cameras — why that's a win for the industry

A split image with the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 on the left and the GoPro Hero13 Black on the right.

In case you missed it, GoPro today (February 27th) suffered a major blow in its legal fight with Insta360 — two titans of the action camera world. American manufacturer GoPro was the complainant in a patent infringement investigation against Chinese manufacturer Insta360 via the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Just in case you fancied some rather heavy reading, it's investigation No. 337-TA-1400.

As part of its complaint, GoPro asserted that Insta360 infringed on its patented technical design (or utility patents) in five areas, falling under stabilization, horizon levelling, distortion correction and aspect ratio conversion. These complaints threatened Insta360's wider lineup of cameras.

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