Like many of us, I recently received the Lee Valley winter catalog. As always there was lots of eye candy and my wallet is at risk. As I scanned the inside front cover I read a message from Rob Lee regarding theft, and IP theft in particular. It was a well written piece. My takeaway was that some of their fine designs had been shamelessly knocked off by competitors both domestic and foreign. While I'm not immersed in the hand tool marketplace, my perception has always been that they take a novel approach to their tool solutions and the copycats out there target others. Perhaps I'm just not seeing what is happening.
Thoughts?