39 operation of supply and demand to yield the fair price society must pay for a given commodity Unless such duplication is permitted, competition may be unduly curtailed with the possible resultant develop¬ ment of undesirable monopolistic conditions. The Congress, realizing such possibilities, has therefore confined and limited the rewards of originality to those situations and circumstances comprehended by our patent, copyright, and trade¬ mark laws. When these statutory frameworks are inapplicable, ori¬ ginality per se remains unprotected and often unrewarded. For these reasons and with these limitations the bare imitation of another's pro¬ duct, without more, is permissible. And this is true regardless of the fact that the courts have little sympathy for a wilful imitator." One's initial response to Schultz's conduct in the present case is no different. community would condemn There can be no doubt that the as unfair and unjust Schultz

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