PlayStation 5: cover orders canceled, a legal battle arises

PlateStation5.com had already been forced to change the branding on CustomizeMyPlates.com following a complaint from Sony earlier this week, however now the vendor claims that subsequent threats to go to court over the custom face masks (cover) forced him to completely stop selling the product. PlayStation 5. Below is what CustomizeMyPlates communicated to VGC via e-mail.

Before the launch we were of the opinion that since Sony only had patents pending on the faceplates, there would be no problems. But after only one day of publishing our website, Sony lawyers asked us to change our name (PlateStation5 at the time), due to trademark infringement. We thought this step would be enough to keep everyone happy, and we honestly hoped it would as we were already underway with our product development. But then Sony's lawyers told us it was their opinion, Sony's intellectual property spread to faceplates and that if we continued to sell and distribute them in any country, we would end up in court.

All of this surfaced yesterday and we are now canceling and refunding all faceplate orders worldwide… we are extremely disappointed with this, but we have no other option.

The UK-based company was taking orders for unofficial PS5 shells in a variety of colors for well $ 39,99 / £ 32 and said he hoped to ship them to customers within two weeks of the console's launch date in November. The company said it was working with manufacturers in the UK and China to create the covers in question, which were said to be made of "premium industry standard plastic" based on the officially released dimensions of the PS5. CustomizeMyPlates wants to continue, however choosing wiser options in legal terms!

As revealed in an official PlayStation 5 teardown video last month, the PS5's standard white shell comes off, theoretically allowing unofficial replicas to be easily pushed into place. Sony has not yet announced any changes from the PlayStation 5's standard white design, nor has it committed to releasing additional console shells in the future. The images showing a black PS5 DualSense controller were recently released by Federal Communications Commission of the United States. However, this variation is likely intended for a development kit. Beyond that, did you know that perhaps the PS5 will lack an HDMI 2.1 cable in its box?