Would it depend on how unique the "look and feel" were?

I don't remember the outcome, but many, many thousands of dollars were spent
on lawyers when Bill Gates copied the "look and feel" of Apple's operating
system.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:32:00 GMT, Dave Allyn
wrote:

Next question: If I took the "look and feel" of one boat off a site,
and reproduced it in hulls, without study plans, only dimentions, and
eye-ball shape from a site, is that wrong?

My 2 cents worth is no. All designs are based at least in part on
what has gone before. What you'd be missing of course is the
engineering and/or naval architecture that might have gone into the
original (admittedly not much in a canoe but probably quite a bit in a
well designed larger boat).