Dbrand takes Casetify to court over alleged design theft

Accessories company Dbrand slapped case maker Casetify with a major lawsuit this week, alleging that Casetify’s new “Inside Out” product line brazenly rips off Dbrand’s popular Teardown series.

The Teardown skins and cases, created by Dbrand in collaboration with tech YouTuber Zack “JerryRigEverything” Nelson, feature transparent designs that mimic the internal components of various devices. 

According to the lawsuit filed in a Toronto court, Casetify’s similarly transparent Inside Out cases constitute copyright infringement of Dbrand’s original Teardown works.

In his video statement, Nelson accused Casetify of stealing original label designs and even failing to adequately mask Dbrand’s logo on certain Casetify products, calling the print quality of their cases “extraordinarily subpar.”

While the Inside Out series seems to have corrected the hardware-mixing issues, Nelson asserts Casetify bypassed the time-intensive design work Dbrand conducts for all Teardown products.

The lawsuit demands unspecified financial damages over 45 allegedly infringing Casetify products.