PS5 faceplates, which the company says is a “checkmate” for Sony‘s lawyers.Since being threatened with lawsuits after the company told Sony “go ahead, sue us”, Dbrand has returned with another product called Darkplates 2.0 (thanks, VGC).In a statement on the company’s own subreddit, Dbrand has broken down the situation from a legal standpoint.“You can’t successfully sue someone over an alleged “design infringement” without a registered design patent.
Sony did not have a registered design patent for the PS5’s side panels when we launched Darkplates (or for many, many months following the release).”“We didn’t think they’d ever get one.
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