Apple to leakers: Stop misleading accessory makers

guest · Jul 29, 2021

Apple to leakers: Stop misleading accessory makers
July 29, 2021
https://www.imore.com/apple-leakers-stop-misleading-accessory-makers

What you need to know

Apple is clamping down on leaks in China.

It has warned leakers that sharing information about unreleased products could mislead accessory makers.

Apple claims that manufacturers could make cases and other accessories that are not compatible with unreleased products.

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Apple has told leakers in China that sharing information about unreleased products could lead to accessory makers creating products that aren't compatible with unreleased products like the iPhone 13.

The report follows news yesterday that Apple had sent a cease and desist letter to leakers in China over prototype iPhone models, demanding that they give up information about their sources.
In a new report from Vice today more details have been shared: [...]
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Yesterday it was reported that in the same letter Apple had demanded that someone advertising the sale of an iPhone prototype cease doing so, and requested a list of anyone who had provided leaked devices.
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Vice: Apple Says Leaks Cause Companies to Make iPhone Cases at the Wrong Size

Apple warned a Chinese citizen to stop advertising leaked or stolen iPhone prototypes on social media, arguing that their posts could lead other companies to make cases that are the wrong size, according to a cease and desist letter obtained by Motherboard.

The company argued that advertising prototypes of "rumored" or "unreleased" Apple products will harm consumers because when the products actually get released, they won't surprise the public, which the letter says is part of the company's "DNA."
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The letter shows how Apple is clamping down on a relatively small but popular group of people who show off both old and unreleased iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch prototypes on Twitter.

"Such situations harm the interests of consumers and Apple. Therefore, it is obvious that when the unpublished information about the design and performance of Apple's products is kept confidential, it has actual and potential commercial value," Apple's lawyers in China wrote in the letter.
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