Genie, a good buddy of mine Dad made fiddles, banjos and mandolins for Charlie Daniels. He would get the most endangered exotic wood from Africa to make them with. Not a easy task
Whenever Charlie's band would come to town my buddies band would be the opening act for him. They opened for Marshall Tucker Band, Lee Greenwood & David Allen Coe also. They are old farts now.
Plenty of Lure companies have been sued for copying styles from other manufactures. We have pallets of new old stock lures like that. Many never even made it to the packaging some that made it say Patton Pending on the backs. While other lures we have, the company just had to quit selling. Some would just make a slight change in appearance and bring it back. Hard not to copy a plug in appearance somewhat if you ask me.