Sutra 10
चतुष्पदद्विपदानामपि हि रूपलिङ्गसामान्यं भवति किमङ्ग पुनरेकयोनिद्रव्यकर्तृप्रसूतानां कुप्याभरणभाण्डानामिति ॥ कZ_०४.६.१० ॥
catuṣpadadvipadānām api hi rūpaliṅgasāmānyaṃ bhavati; kimaṅga punar ekayonidravyakartṛprasūtānāṃ kupyābharaṇabhāṇḍānām iti ।
Bahkan di antara hewan berkaki empat dan berkaki dua pun dapat ada kemiripan bentuk dan tanda pengenal; apalagi pada barang-barang seperti benda buatan (kūpya), perhiasan, dan bejana yang dihasilkan dari bahan sumber yang sama dan oleh pembuat yang sama—yakni dapat tampak serupa.
FAQs
That visual similarity is common; therefore courts must not rely solely on appearance to identify ownership of manufactured goods.
As an analogy: if even living beings can look similar, manufactured items from the same material/maker can be even harder to distinguish without corroboration.