WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. International

Trade Commission said on Wednesday it was launching a trade

investigation into claims by GoPro Inc ( GPRO ) that its camera

and camera systems patents were violated by a Chinese company

importing similar products into the U.S.

In a public notice, the USITC said the probe under Section

337 of the Trade Act of 1930 applies to respondents Arashi

Vision, the Shenzhen, China-based company that makes the

Insta360 line of camera products. GoPro ( GPRO ) has requested that the

trade panel issue exclusion and cease and desist orders that

would ban imports of the Insta360 products as a result of the

probe.