How hard would it be for a Chinese company to create something similar / find an alternative design with similar functionality to this: https://personalpages.m

How hard would it be for a Chinese company to create something similar / find an alternative design with similar functionality to this: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/p.dudek/scamp/ https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/p.dudek/scamp/ ? All an idiotic ban like this does is prevent this design from being put into commercial use.