Arashi Vision (U.S.) LLC

Arashi Vision Inc. (Chinese: 影石创新科技股份有限公司), which trades and brands itself as Insta360, is a Shenzhen-based imaging-equipment manufacturer. It was incorporated in July 2015 by founder/CEO Liu Jingkang (JK Liu), who holds roughly 27% and remains controlling shareholder through Beijing Lanfeng Chuangshi Network Technology. It listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market in June 2025 under ticker 688775.SH. Some financial data providers list a 2014 founding date; the company's own listing documents give July 2015. It reports offices in Irvine and Los Angeles, California; Tokyo; Berlin; and Hong Kong. FY2025 preliminary results showed revenue of RMB 9.86 billion (~US$1.4 billion), up ~77% year over year, with net profit of RMB 964 million.

Products/operations: Arashi designs and sells consumer and professional imaging hardware — 360-degree cameras (the X series, including X3/X4/X5), action cameras (GO and Ace Pro lines), gimbal stabilizers (Flow), and webcams (Link), plus enterprise imaging solutions for VR, live broadcasting, mapping, remote conferencing, and real-estate visualization. It claimed roughly 67% of the global panoramic-camera market in 2023 and has announced a first consumer drone. It is an operating company, not an NPE.

Litigation posture: Arashi is an operating company engaged in two-way patent litigation with rival GoPro. The single tracked matter is Arashi Vision Inc. (d/b/a Insta360) et al. v. GoPro, Inc. (USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filed 2024-07-18), where the company appears as petitioner/plaintiff seeking inter partes review of GoPro patents (e.g., IPR2024-01186). Its zero defendant count in this database reflects that the corresponding infringement actions against it — GoPro's ITC Section 337 complaint (Inv. No. 337-TA-1400) and a parallel Central District of California suit — are tracked separately, not that Arashi avoids litigation. No Eastern District of Texas activity appears in the record.

Notable context: GoPro's March 2024 Section 337 complaint accused Arashi and its US subsidiary of infringing six patents; the ITC's February 2026 final determination found no violation, with only an older, discontinued product falling within one design patent. Arashi said its defense costs exceeded US$10 million. GoPro retained appeal rights, and the stayed California district-court case could resume.