Top Global Drone Maker Beats Predatory Pricing Claims

The Chinese company that controls 70 percent of the global drone market defeated a rival’s claims that it undercuts competitors with below-cost pricing.

Autel Robotics USA failed to identify any specific below-cost sale by SZ DJI Technology Co., a Delaware federal judge ruled March 18. Autel merely speculated about SZ’s prices based on a single accounting document that has other plausible interpretations, Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware wrote.

Autel obtained that document during discovery related to the suit’s original claim that it infringed SZ DJI’s drone patents, according to the ...