2012年6月25日，設立於美國紐約州以設計並販售結合皮夾收納與iPhone手機保護套功能之CardSharkTM Wallet Skin等產品(特別是供iPhone手機使用)的Cardshark, LLC公司(下稱Cardshark)，向南紐約州聯邦地院提起專利侵權告訴，控告設計販售各式個人行動通訊裝置之保護套產品的Case-Mate, Inc(下稱Case-Mate)公司，其所設計販售、供iPhone 4 / 4S與Blackberry Curve等智慧型手機使用之保護套ID Credit Card Case與Pop!-ID Case等產品，侵犯Cardshark所擁有之個人電子裝置保護套專利。
本案系爭專利為美國專利編號US 8,047,364，名稱為「個人電子裝置的保護套(Protective covering for personal electronic device)」，於2011年11月1日核發，發明人與原始權利人是Kip Longinotti-Buitoni，其於2011年11月21日將權利移轉給原告Cardshark。
被控侵權之被告產品與原告產品相似處在於，均是為iPhone所設計之保護套產品，同時並在其背面附有可當作皮夾來收納信用卡或紙鈔等物品功能之口袋，而這也是本案系爭專利之主要技術特徵。(334字；表2)
表一、請求項解析
| US8,047,364請求項1 |
1. A personal electronic digital assistant device protective wallet covering, comprising:
一項個人用電子數位助理裝置的保護套，包括 |
a main housing (Fig.2A - 111)having an inner housing configuration dimensioned to fit securely around a personal electronic digital assistant device having an outer physical device configuration, said main housing including:
一個主要外罩，其內部組態被製成密合個人用電子數位助理裝置的物理性裝置外殼，前述主要外罩包括： |
a primary window (Fig.2A - 12)disposed on a front side of said housing allowing usable access to a front surface of a personal electronic digital assistant device disposed in said housing;
一個位於前述外罩之正面部分的主要窗口，讓裝在前述外罩中的個人用電子數位助理裝置，其正面之表面可以被接觸使用 |
a rear protective face (Fig.5 – 211B)substantially covering a rear surface of the personal electronic digital assistant device disposed in said housing, at least a first portion (Fig.4B - 216) of said rear protective face being disposed a distance away from the rear surface of the personal electronic digital assistant device in said housing so as to form a pocket (Fig.4B - 220)between said rear protective face and the personal electronic digital assistant device with said rear protective face and said device themselves forming said pocket;
一個背部保護表面，緊密包裹裝在前述外罩中之個人用電子數位助理裝置的背面，而至少一部份之前述背部保護表面被製成與裝在前述外罩中之個人用電子數位助理裝置的背面保持一定距離，進而在前述背部保護表面與個人用電子數位助理裝置之間形成一個口袋， |
and at least one pocket access slot (Fig.5 - 230), formed in said rear protective face in communication with said pocket, adapted to allow insertion and removal of cards or paper currency into and out of said pocket in the manner of a wallet, said slot further comprising a finger cut-out portion adapted to expose a portion of the contents (Fig.5 - 300)disposed in said pocket and facilitate a user grasping and removing the contents from said pocket.
至少一個口袋開口溝槽，在前述背部保護表面上連接前述口袋，讓卡片或紙鈔可以被裝進口袋或從口袋取出，以皮夾之形式，而前述開口溝槽進一步具備一個指頭弧形的切口，讓裝於前述口袋內的內容物可以被顯示出來，協助使用者掌握與從前述口袋取出內容物 |
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Source: 科技政策研究與資訊中心—科技產業資訊室整理，2012/07
表二、專利訴訟案件基本資料：Cardshark, LLC控告Case-Mate, Inc.
| 訴訟名稱 |
Cardshark, LLC v. Case-Mate, Inc. |
| 提告日期 |
2012年6月25日 |
| 原告 |
Cardshark, LLC |
| 被告 |
Case-Mate, Inc. |
| 案號 |
1:12-cv-05079-PKC |
| 訴訟法院 |
TheU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| 系爭專利 |
US 8,047,364 |
| 訴狀下載 |
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Source: 科技政策研究與資訊中心—科技產業資訊室整理，2012/07
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