"Del Rawlins" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:53:06 -0600, "Gig Giacona"
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"Lou Parker" wrote in message

Take a look at the Savannah, the numbers are impressive
http://www.sky-rider.net/

That plane is such an obvious copy of the Zenith 701. I just don't
understand why Chris Hienz doesn't sue them into oblivion.

Why, so their respective lawyers can get rich?

The reason why no one has filed a lawsuit in such a case, aside from Deldo's
argument that lawyers shouldn't be allowed to make a living, is that an
aircraft's unique looks are not proprietary. Its name might be but not its
appearance.

Remember how H-D tried like hell, but in vain, to get an exclusive on the
sound of its engines? They needn't have worried. Every once in a while I
see a bike looking to be a Harley but the cheap shape of the breather cover
and the tenor farting of its engine always give it away as a piece of crap
from the orient.