THere is a difference between IP and copyright. The Amiga chipset is old technology, there's simply no IP, no idea that is protectable by patenting laws. It's really old stuff and largely irrelevant to the 21st century. But the actual programming still has a copyright which could be enforced.
Given Amiga Inc's capitulation in their lawsuit agains Hyperion I sincerely doubt that there's any fight left. Still it's a difficult process to copy the chips. Reverse engineering them is the easiest way and that takes time. Once they are completely reverse engineered they could be made without legal problems.
Minimig seems to be doing fine and doesn't seem to be under legal threat from Amiga Inc....
So some enterprising Chinese(since there just aren't amny chip facilities in the U.S. anymore)or Pacific Rim chip maker could now legally build an Amiga 500/1000/2000/3000 clone ?
