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Miele and Nokia come to mind. Dyson too, although they dropped their latest lawsuit.

Not sure about Sony, I've only heard rumors about that.

I also realized that I focused just on copying and forgot about all the other nice things they did - see wikipedia.

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Ah, I guess we are talking well beyond mobile phones now. I guess what I find odd there is the idea that they copy established players, when they are an establshed player, one of the worlds largest.

What did they copy from Miele?

Nokia effectively disestablished themselves some years ago now so I'm not sure they're relevant any more.

In a lot of tech they are pioneers, I'm not sure it's fair to say their business model is based on copying when they are frequently ahead of the market and even making it (phones). NVMe drives are another area they are leading at the moment.