> c) Patents and copyrights are the defences that companies like Peak Design need to use. In this case a design patent[1] (which is NOT the same as a normal pa

> c) Patents and copyrights are the defences that companies like Peak Design need to use. In this case a design patent[1] (which is NOT the same as a normal patent) is the only hope. But that's pretty unlikely to succeed here given how similar the PD version is to older designs. [1] https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/types-patent-applications/design-patent-application-guide#differ https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/types-patent-applicatio...