see that is a bad statement , when you menthion someones nationally withe behavior its benieth you and i know you dont mean in that fashion.
It best said that imports period !! have been knockoffs , they knock off ecah other lol , CMP was knocked off by Fly models and willshobby knock them all off lol .
Just like Hobby King is knocking off FMS !!
I can tell you why we will say "Chinese" because the factorys that are most cabable of knocking off products are in China !! .
Half the peopel that visit China for potential imports deal with a broker/agent that shows them items pawned off as there own , all they do is contract with a factory that makes the products lol . If you ever had the pleasure of doing this trip you will be taken to "showrooms" ya , ok a showroom is a broker that will have a nice set up of "his" ya "His" factory products , when in reality he may not even have a contract with the factory that is making the planes .
That is why you have to get to the actual factory !! I was on one consulting project to track illegal licened goods ,I went to a trade show and in three separate booths I witnessed the company that I worked for products , presented as product made by the company in the booth lol .
Common practice is to copy licensed goods and sell them without a contract or licensed agreement . The good news is that with the new global economy and the power of the net , it difficult to operate ane hide as a 'unlicensed copy cat company"
For the record everyone will copy and that is wht in the USA we have trademark and patient laws but any good attourney will tell you that your patient better have some feature or benifit that makes in intrinsic and inherant of your specific product , or it will not stand up in court .
I cant even imagine how any model can have any design patient when their differances in design are not monumental by any standards .