WASHINGTON (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.