Originally Posted by
berlinonaut
And - aside from copyright - it seems a bit of a capitulation that the bike that Dahon invents for the company's 35th birthday is basically a copy or clone of a 40 year old design of a competitor
All patents have a limited legal time period. Time will tell, if the Dahon Curl will be a commercial succes. And if not, then Dahon (as well as other companies) may develop other models in the future, that can compete with the Brompton on price, quality, functionality and service. Mass production, robotisation, outsourcing and scientific market research will probably play an important role in those future developments IMO.