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Having a browse, all looks pretty hideous, or am I doing it wrong?
I would assume someone is paying a license or whatever to use the design as the IP will be owned and protected by the company it originated from regardless of creators condition. Plus I'd trust the quality more.
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By the looks of it Nemo has the design. It's so long ago that I did IP law, idk. Copyright is authors life +70yrs. But design rights are much shorter, as are patents (25yrs iirc).
Personally I feel there is a balance to be struck and I was always taken by the fact that the most dynamic and fast moving industries seem to have the least restrictive* IP laws.
*or least heavy enforced might be a better phase
hugo7
Like this?
If so apparently:
Personally I think +50yrs from the death of the person who designed it is plenty, and I'm not sure what value is added, or extra authenticity is gained by some other brand milking a dead guy's design.
But what I actually meant was have a look on aliexpress for another design you like and not necessarily a fake one.
Out of interest I had a look to find an original (well period one I guess?) and came across this.