Winnie Drop

My sense of this is that Winnebago realized that it was cheaper to pay a licensing fee than to try and design something that could infringe upon FR's designs, and then have to deal with a lawsuit.  I would suggest the other copy cats did not pay any licensing fees and FR rightly sued and won in defending the design.  I am sure there are many other types of licensing agreements between large companies, although I cannot describe any off the top of my head.  I assume FR has copyrighted the design and therefore, Winnebago had to enter into a cross licensing agreement to play in the small RV arena.  Their Micro Mini Wini did not impress my wife and I after trying to find one to see.  It really cannot  touch the Rpod in size, amenities, or quality of build for the price.  Safe Travels.   

Ditto!

Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar Since it is identical to the Pod down to the wheels my bet is that FR makes them as others on this thread have said.

Originally posted by podvader This community is going to face a very tough decision as they determine whether to let these winnie owners "drop" into this forum.  See what I did there! Decisions...decisions... (says the guy who doesn't own either one, lol).

Thanks for the good attitude.

We would welcome them, as we do all. That is one of the reasons for the creation of the "non-pod" area. I have a feeling there will be a lot of similarities between the two, anyway. There are several areas of the forum that are not strictly "Pod-specific". For instance, camping adventures are always enjoyable to read, regardless of what someone is pulling.

It will always be a R-pod forum. But, if you aren't pulling a Pod at the moment, we still love ya!