Missymoo, wow, that is crazy. I work in the bling trade (sort of - i put bling on horses )and I was one of the first to do a certain style and within weeks others had copied. But there is nothing I could do - even if i could be bothered. You only have to change 10% of a design, even if it has a patent on it for the patent to be inefective.
Silly, I was wondering why there is so little of the bling nappies around, esp since what is being done is only the tip of the iceberg, you should see what my wholesaler stocks. Amazing...