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The key thing you miss is that if HPI had a patent granted this wouldn't be an issue. Obviously they have no patent on the design or patent pending or else it would not be available for sale in the US.
Mike at RCM has patents or patents pending on designs that are of such a nature that they or innvocative, different, etc. Case in point is the Slipperential.
These companies have not legally wronged HPI in anyway. If they had be sure lawsuit would have issued and cease and desist orders issued.
If HPI went the route of picking a product another company made then having them improve it and put their name on it, that is nothing special. The should have had their lawyers sign exclusivety contracts for it.
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I don't know the specific laws on US but I've heard in this country that patents only need to be changed buy 10% to classify. IF China even used such standards, it wouldn't take much to reproduce just about anything.
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