Dbrand challenges Sony to sue them for their new PS5 cases

With the launch of Sony’s PS5 and its new two-color design with white prevailing, it didn’t take long for vinyls and cases to appear to change the color of the Japanese console. Sony did not see it favorably and warned with suing companies that invaded intellectual property modifying the original style, as reported The Verge.

PlateStation5 was the first to offer solutions to give a new visual style, but failed to do so after Sony’s warnings. This was a cancellation of orders and a refund to each of the customers interested in your products

. Later he tried to do the same under another company called CustomizeMyPlates, running the same fate after a few weeks.

Finally, the witness adopted him Dbr and

, where far from squatting in front of the Sony law firm, they launched a challenging message on their website: “Go ahead, sue us”. “We took Sony’s monumental achievement in bad design … and made it matte black.” His proposal offers a pack of cases exactly the same as those of the PS5 but in a shade of black and textures inspired by the original console.

Both the product itself and the message to Sony show a declaration of intent to maintain a legal pulse. Sony will possibly act with a written warning. He did so on the previous two occasions. By ignoring them, you could take the available legal avenues to stop the infringement of intellectual property towards your next generation console.

PS5 skins yes, cases … not so fast

Generally, video game console brands tend to launch special editions with a specific theme

. This action not only helps to get more sales of the consoles and accessories, it also fuels the cravings of those players more committed to getting a limited edition.

There are many options to decorate and display your own style on the console, such as vinyl not licensed by Sony. These are not so persecuted third party parts that replaces the original. These can be marketed without mentioning the original brand or product. In the case of Dbrand, they use both the trademark and images of the product without express authorization.

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