I don't hate him, I just think he's behaviour was really rather pointless. I'm not the crispest shirt in the wardrobe, but even I can tell the difference between a real one and one of broadly similar styling:
Everyone knows the far Eastern jobs are far Eastern jobs. No one anywhere, ever, has believed one was the other.
No one - that I can see - is trying to pass off far Eastern job as the real thing.
No one buying a far Eastern job for £90 is liable to be in the market for a real Ric, so it's not as if any business is lost.
You can't trademark a shape unless there's the risk of consumer confusion - no one outside of a mental institution is going to confuse a 90 quid plank for a 1900 quid 4003S - the 1800 quid sized hole in your wallet is a teensy giveaway. Even leaving aside the 1800 quid price difference, Stevie Wonder could tell at a glance that they're not very alike.
So a lot of chest beating for no other reason that he could. In fact, just like a kid who is toid he can't have a sweetie, reading all of all this has made me want one of the far Eastern jobs just to poke him in the eye.