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Callet Sues Hex and Apple Over 'Slavish Copy' of iPhone Case/Wallet Design

This is exactly the kind of ***** that a lawyer should lose his/her license over. Bogus time wasting money hogging bs.
 
Defendants’ Solo Wallet Case and Pretty Sweet Solo Wallet Case products are exemplary. The copying is so pervasive, that the defendants’ products appear to be Callet World products with the same rectangular shape with rounded corners
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So, they're suing them for making an iPhone case that's shaped like an iPhone?
 
I've sait it once, and I'll say it again; Let's all jump on board and sue Apple to get a slice of that Apple pie.
 
JayCee842 said:
I've sait it once, and I'll say it again; Let's all jump on board and sue Apple to get a slice of that Apple pie.
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We'll start a class action lawsuit, all the members on this board, going to sue Apple for not releasing enough rumours to keep the page views up.
 
Callet doesn't even sell a case for the iPhone 5, and Hex only sells an iPhone 5 case. Hex is filling an ecological niche Callet chose not to fill.
 
Why do I want exposed credit cards on the back of my phone?

They should both be prosecuted for being rubbish.
 
It may infringe a patent, and an idea that someone took considerable time/risk/money to make real. I don't know.

But "slavish" it is not. It's similar at most. The general principle has probably been thought up many times. (And it's a pretty bad one... nothing would make me feel safe with my cards sticking out like that!)
 
kcmac said:
This is exactly the kind of ***** that a lawyer should lose his/her license over. Bogus time wasting money hogging bs.
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I'd think that the problem is primarily the lawyer's client. As a lawyer, you would explain to your client what their options are, and what their chances are of winning. It's then up to the client to decide what to do. Personally, I think if you held up both in front of a Samsung lawyer, he would see the difference.
 
IMHO, the Callet wallet-case design appears to be inferior to Hex's design as far as aesthetics go.

Plus, I've seen other cases do the exact same thing and Callet isn't complaining about them.

At any rate, if any of you are interest in a wallet-case since we're on the subject, I just got a BookBook recently and I love it :)
 
Having looked at the photos and the design patent: The shape in the design patent is to my old eyes quite distinctly different. The design patent actually matches to my eyes the shape of the Galaxy S3 phone quite well, which is quite a different shape from an iPhone (unlike older Galaxy phones). The shapes of the products are much more similar, both "iPhone shaped" as you would expect from an iPhone case. But it doesn't matter how similar the products are, what matters is the similarity to the design patent.
 
same rectangular shape with rounded corners
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Seriously? This is an iPhone case, every single one has rounded corners.

They are just mad because Hex made a better looking design.
 
Gasu E. said:
First cure cancer and rid the world of zombies.
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Why that hate against zombies? I hear religious folks go on and on about "life after death." But as soon as someone decide to come alive after death, the same people change their tune. Where's the love, man. You shoulda seen da priest's face when zombie Fred sat up in the coffin. Holy men shouldn't know such words.:eek:
 
Cameront9 said:
How in the world do they have grounds to sue Apple? Apple doesn't have anything to do with the case designs.
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Well, the whole thing is ridiculous. The article states they're suing Apple for *selling* the product. Not anything to do with its design or manufacture. So I imagine it all went down like this...

1. "Hey Apple, you're selling this product that infringes on our patents, please cease and decist."
2. Apple does not acknowledge, continues selling said product.
3. In the eyes of the sue-er, Apple is now knowingly selling a product that infringes on their patent.
4. Sue.
 
Obviously sue Apple because if they hadn't made the iPhone, there would be no claim because Hex wouldn't be copying the design, because there wouldn't be a design to copy...

Perhaps Apple's corporate team should sue Callet because they want Apple to 'own' their part of the fault for creating the iPhone in the first place, and giving Callet the impression that it 'owns' all iPhone cases with a credit card sized slot.

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kilcher said:
Well, the whole thing is ridiculous. The article states they're suing Apple for *selling* the product. Not anything to do with its design or manufacture. So I imagine it all went down like this...

1. "Hey Apple, you're selling this product that infringes on our patents, please cease and decist."
2. Apple does not acknowledge, continues selling said product.
3. In the eyes of the sue-er, Apple is now knowingly selling a product that infringes on their patent and is contributing to dilution of product, loss of income, etc.
4. Sue.
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In that case Apple's legal team just needs to find all of the other locations and websites where that case is sold, and urge that Callet sue ALL of them, or drop Apple from the case. There is NOTHING contributory to the 'crime' that Apple alone has done, unless Apple is the only one selling this case. DUH!
 
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