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If someone has a license, or registration, on a particular idea they can expect to be legally protected against having someone else claim the right, and origiality of that idea.

If the "borrowed" idea is put into "production" the original owner of the idea can claim a "royalty" or have the operation shut down.

Shelby was not the originator of the big powerful engine in a small light weight car, nor was he the originator of the Cobra name, or logo (from the source I overheard).

Shelby got a great break, in the form of support from Fords interest in getting into internationsl racing (and retaliation against Ferrarri), and was able to make the Cobra name mean more than a certain metal mix in an inexpensive car.

If ownership means nothing, what was the "lawsuit" all about? Why does Ferrarri jump on anything else that proports to be one of theirs? What happened to the New York reporter?

Teaching an idea does not include license to plagerize the idea. Learning from others ideas is, supposed to stimulate the thought process so that more original ideas come to be, not more claims to the original idea.

Just some of my rambling thoughts, you are welcome to accept, reject or use any of them that are stated here. I have other ideas that are my own, that are not offerd here.