CaseLabs apologizes to ThermalTake about accusations

[FranBunnyFFXII]

http://thermaltakeusa.com/content.aspx?id=6195
 

Recently, CaseLabs and some of its personnel, including Kevin Keating, posted attacks upon Thermaltake. Those attacks have included accusations that Thermaltake and one of its employees, Mr. Shannon Robb, "stole" CaseLabs' case design and engaged in unfair competition. CaseLabs now regrets those statements and apologizes for making them.

CaseLabs’ accusations were false.  As CaseLabs admits in its retraction and apology letter:  

“CaseLabs acknowledges that it does not own any patents on any of its case products. CaseLabs' postings, which suggested that litigating to enforce patents would be prohibitively expensive, were misleading, because they implied that CaseLabs actually owned patents, which it does not. CaseLabs regrets this error. CaseLabs apologizes for accusing Mr. Robb and Thermaltake of "stealing" anything. The look of a computer case will always have some similar features - given its functional nature. CaseLabs retracts its accusations against Thermaltake for "copying other people's existing concepts and calling them your own" and of producing "rip-off products."

I know Shannon personally and talked with him about this issue.

And personally I don't care what ThermalTake did or didnt do. It did seem like CaseLabs was throwing a fit.

And honestly 

 

They're black boxes. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU REALLY DESIGN A STUPID BLACKBOX and call it your own?
 

[Swndlr]

*cough*

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

[BoredErica]

Wow. Not sure what to say.

[Curufinwe_wins]

http://thermaltakeusa.com/content.aspx?id=6195

And this is why Fractal didn't even try. Thermalfake can bully the shit out of these smaller companies.

Note that Caselabs did not in any way, shape, or form state that Thermalfake didn't willfully copy with the intent of mimicking Caselabs.

this entire "redaction" is lawyer speak for "you didn't patent it so it isn't yours and it cannot be stolen. So fuck off or we will sue you into oblivion."

[Curufinwe_wins]

Wow. Not sure what to say.

Nothing really. This is a roundabout way of saying that the point of caselabs statement did indeed come to pass. Thermalfake bullied their way into being a cheap ripoff brand.

[FranBunnyFFXII]

Nothing really. This is a roundabout way of saying that the point of caselabs statement did indeed come to pass. Thermalfake bullied their way into being a cheap ripoff brand.

 

Drinking a lot of coolaid are we?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Well... This is why you don't do that...

[Curufinwe_wins]

Drinking a lot of coolaid are we?

There is this thing called reading... This is textbook forceful action. It's not even thinly veiled. Hell I wonder if the person who decided it was a good idea to put this up realized that caselabs was mocking them the entire time. After all English can't be the first language of most people on thermalfakes team.

[Misanthrope]

Oh man I would love to sit on that meeting with their lawyer: "You mean you didn't filed any patents or trademarks? Just what the fuck were you thinking there you morons!"

[Enderman]

Still, nobody should buy from a company that has such low moral values

They did not only copy cases

They copied dozens of products from many companies, not just fractal design and caselabs

 

Never recommend their products again

Not only are them made from crap quality materials in china, but they are copying design and engineering that they did not make

[Fred Castellum]

*shrugs* Just a small storm passing.

[Misanthrope]

Still, nobody should buy from a company that has such low moral values

They did not only copy cases

They copied dozens of products from many companies, not just fractal design and caselabs

Never recommend their products again

Not only are them made from crap quality materials in china, but they are copying design and engineering that they did not make

Sad to know you won't be getting any more tech products at all, this shit is just commonplace.

[qwertywarrior]

when i first heard about caselabs snafu i would EXTREMELY scared for whats to come

if these companies went after apple's retarded patent design strategy companies can sure on the smallest details. Comapnies will be scared to make new designs on the premise that in some way it might be considered copying

[Enderman]

Sad to know you won't be getting any more tech products at all, this shit is just commonplace.

ummm no?

There are plenty of brand that use good quality materials for their parts

 

look at bitspower for example

best fittings on the planet

they arent made of crap like the thermaltake ones are

[Ashaira]

"They're black boxes. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU REALLY DESIGN A STUPID BLACKBOX and call it your own?"

 

To be fair a lot of ways.

[Bouzoo]

"They're black boxes. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU REALLY DESIGN A STUPID BLACKBOX and call it your own?"

 

To be fair a lot of ways.

A finite (original) number of ways nevertheless. We could put a different screw and call it a different case but let's not be those people.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

So they're bullying now? Pathetic ...

All the more reason to boycott ThermalFake.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

So they're bullying now? Pathetic ...

All the more reason to boycott ThermalFake.

 

What? How did that come across as bullying? 

[ShadowCaptain]

They're black boxes. HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU REALLY DESIGN A STUPID BLACKBOX and call it your own?

 

They are not saying they didnt copy, they are saying they have no patents or copyrights over the design

 

Thermaltake DID copy, but they can because its not patented

[infamous_last]

Cheaper to say sorry and let consumer decide whether they want to support good companies, or whether they're happy to sacrifice quality for price.

 

No different to what I've seen in the aftermarket car part industry.

Some people get good 'bang for buck' out of cheap gear, while others learn lessons from buying cheap gear that doesn't live up to their expectations.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

What? How did that come across as bullying?

There's no way Caselabs made that apology on their own. The only reason they'd do that is because ThermalFake would threaten with a lawsuit, which they would of course win because Caselabs didn't patent the design.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

There's no way Caselabs made that apology on their own. The only reason they'd do that is because ThermalFake would threaten with a lawsuit, which they would of course win because Caselabs didn't patent the design.

 

Source? 

[SurvivorNVL]

I still advocate in favor of Thermaltake.  They took an aesthetic from the outside, and changed around the inside, improved upon some of it, cut corners to reduce pricing and quality, but all while still delivering some rather decent cases.  Granted their iteration of the R5 has no velcro straps.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Source?

"Common sense" and "logic"

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

"Common sense" and "logic"

 

So I take it that its an assumption from your "common sense" and "logic"?