Do We Need Stricter Design Protection Laws?

Are crappy knockoffs really something manufacturers should be scared of?

Is there anything wrong with knocking-off a 50-year-old design? Tony Ash, managing director of Vitra, thinks so. Ash has written an opinion piece over at Dezeen, arguing for stricter design protection laws in his native Europe, and by extension elsewhere. But the argument extends pretty much everywhere. Ash writes:

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