The polish paper copied his design. But, as the designer, he hasn't lost anything (unless he was bidding for a chance to apply the same design to that polish pa

The polish paper copied his design. But, as the designer, he hasn't lost anything (unless he was bidding for a chance to apply the same design to that polish paper and lost the bid to this other person). He didn't lose money, prestige, or anything else through this. (There's a good reason why look and feel isn't really protected by IP law, except in the realm of trademarks -- because, unless there's some kind of deception, nothing is lost by mimicing the look and feel of something else.) He's not a victim, because nothing has been taken from him. The person who copied his design gained something, and so did the paper that paid that person, but the original creator lost nothing.