> do that with a hard good and slap a ford mustang badge you reimplemented independently onto it you get sued? Ah, now we're getting into a completely differen

> do that with a hard good and slap a ford mustang badge you reimplemented independently onto it you get sued? Ah, now we're getting into a completely different forms of IP protection. The Ford Mustang badge is a protected trademark, so you're not allowed to use it without their permission. The car itself might also contain patented technical or design elements that you may not be allowed to duplicate without a license. Broadly there's four classes of IP protection out there: copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. This discussion vis a vis reverse engineering is primarily centered around copyright protections. As for the rest of your comment, check out my other reply where I hopefully clarified things.