Rod is absolutely correct about speed versus protection. Patents are not always the best way to go...especially so if it's a current fad/trend or in the toy/entertainment field...or any field that moves very fast with innovations.

FIRST beats PROTECTION a lot of the time. This is one reason we are seeing more and more 'incomplete' products on the market that only get completed or actually fully working after they're on the market. Think Microsoft for one example. The Intel/AMD or Apple/Microsoft battles to be first are legendary.

Sandi Bowman