just wanted to make it clear that I wasn't the one who said it was okay to make patented copies for personal use...
what I was asking is how do we know that every time we make a lure (that isn't a direct copy of a lure that's well known and now off patent) we're not violating someone's patent?
I mean, if we are trying to be creative, and make something new (which I don't really believe can happen, but for the sake of argument I'll agree with) how do we not know that we're infringing on a patent unknowingly?
Finally, how did the myth that you can make stuff for your own use as long as you don't sell them get started?
Thanks,
Kevin