Casetify sued by Dbrand and JerryRigEverything for stealing its Teardown skin designs

The Teardown design referred to was developed in collaboration between JerryRigEverything and Dbrand, made popular by the YouTuber channel’s niche of taking apart smartphones and conducting durability tests. This particular design features a transparent layer that reveals the internal components of the phone.

As noted in the video, JerryRig explains that he and Dbrand spent years developing the design, and they are upset that Casetify copied it so blatantly without their permission while passing it off as their own original designs – this despite the fact that Casetify is a much larger and profitable company than Dbrand. As proof of their claims, the video draws attention to several Easter eggs that were quietly integrated into Dbrand’s original design and ended up in Casetify’s, intact or slightly modified, but clearly still there.

In response to these serious allegations of intellectual property infringement and theft, Casetify made its case on social media, saying the company is and always has been “a bastion of originality.” In addition, in the same message Casetify said they were investigating the copyright allegations and therefore immediately removed all designs in question from all platforms where they were sold.

It’s worth pointing out that even on the same post, Casetify’s claims were disputed, with X’s community notes adding that the designs had not been completely removed from all retailers, echoing Dbrand’s response stating that they were still sold at Best Buy. Similarly, Casetify’s claim that its site suffered a DDOS (denial of service) attack that temporarily took the site down immediately after the accusations were made public has been disputed.