I'm stumped how so many people keep saying that brand X stole this idea from brand Y.

The technology behind the bows we shoot today has come so far that its difficult for one company's product line to not have some similarities with another.

Is anyone spouting off about Bowtech stealing the roller cable gaurd from Mathews? (Neither company's idea, mind you.)

Is anyone spouting off about Bowtech stealing the binary cam system? Or split limbs? Or hell, even the center pivot design for that matter?

I'm not saying Bowtech hasn't made some excellent changes to technology thats been around for a long time, they have, but acting like its their idea and that anyone else who comes close to using the same ideas is "stealing" it just makes me laugh. All they've done is take a past idea and brought it to the current market. It isn't theirs. They borrowed it themselves.