Steptoe secures ITC win for Autel in patent dispute over drones with DJI

Steptoe has secured a significant trial victory for USA at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). On March 2, the chief administrative law judge of the ITC found that SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. and seven related entities (together known as “DJI”), the world's largest maker of consumer drones, violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by importing and selling drones that infringe US Patent No. 9, 260,184 belonging to Autel.

Steptoe secures ITC win for Autel in patent dispute over drones with DJI

As a result, the chief administrative law judge recommended that the infringing products be excluded from importation into the , including the Mavic Pro, Mavic Pro Platinum, Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic 2 Zoom, Mavic Air, and Spark. Together these represent some of DJI's most popular drones sold in the United States.

The chief administrative law judge's initial determination also recommended a cease and desist order prohibiting DJI from selling any of those products already in the United States at the time the exclusion order issues. It also granted Autel's request that DJI post a 9.9% bond during the 60-day presidential review period following the exclusion order.

If the chief administrative law judge's determination is upheld by the full commission, these products could be taken off the US market as early as July. In the meantime, Autel has filed a petition with the ITC to extend the exclusion order to include other popular DJI products including the Phantom 4 and Inspire series drones.

The Steptoe team that secured this victory for Autel is led by Tim Bickham and includes lawyers John Abramic, Matt Bathon, Mike Flynn-O'Brien, Kate Johnson, Candice Kwark, Hui Shen, and Andrew Xue.

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Haye Kesteloo
Haye Kesteloo

Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and EVXL.co, for all news related to electric vehicles. He is also a co-host of the PiXL Drone Show on YouTube and other podcast platforms. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo.

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  1. I talked with you about this over a year and a half ago Haye, check your messages in messenger… from Kory… or Black Ops Drones.

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