No. Honestly that's just stupid. First, what would be the point? Everyone involved would be losing money in a petty lawsuit, the type of which I despise, and which happens far too often in this country.
Second, the current chain racks and poles cannot be modified (without substantial work & cost) to work to accommodate the Vortex chain configuration. There aren't enough attachment points for our inner set, and no way to support the lower ring of our outer set. People can try to modify their existing chains, but the liklihood is that they'll make many of the same mistakes that we did when we started to design the Vortex, and end up pulling the inner chains inward and creating larger gaps than already exist.
The purpose of patenting our design is not to keep people from changing what they own to try and make it better, but to protect what we see as the next great evolutionary step for disc golf. The larger companies have the capital to make these changes quickly, and produce baskets faster than we will initially be able to as a new company. Eventually we may licence rights to our chain design, and you may see other companies put them out, but they will be paying royalties. There are no plans for that to happen though.
To answer your question about soft, weak side putts: no they will not fall out more. As long as you're getting 50-60%+ of your disc to hit the chains, and the disc is relatively horizontal, it should stick. As you increase the angle on your putt (obvs fading away from the center pole) your chance of chaining out increases, as would throwing at the edges of the target area with more speed. Obviously its hard to answer this question without seeing your angle of putt and where you're hitting the chains, but at the very worst it will only be the same as current baskets; but the fact remains that it does catch more than anything else, and I believe you will not chain out as much on the Vortex.
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