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There's this other thing: Can apple/samsung/google claim a copyright to the case designs based on the design of its hardware? It really wouldn't be a stretch for Apple to say the specific layout of its macbook or whatever is a type of copyrightable design. Right? I mean, it reflects specific hardware layout design.

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This is unlikely to succeed, because a)it is an image of their product taken with their own camera - so if Apple wins here the precedent is you can’t take photos OF an iPhone?? Like hell that’s ever going to happen, and Apple would be idiots to do that anyway, seeing your friends in photos with iPhones in clear view is just free advertising and plays into Apples thing for “Apple users are elite”.

And b)Apple’s copyright refers to hardware design. Dbrand didn’t make hardware - they made an image, or skin, or case. None of these are applicable competitors to Apple’s iPhone.

Highly unlikely, Zach specifically mentioned how their scans are an artistic representation, since the scans undergo heavy editing to highlight certain parts and make the hardware "pop".

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