Let's not do this again. VTS has been making figures for a long time now, longer than LIM, and all their photo galleries share the same format. On top of all that, most figure manufacturers all copy Hot Toys photo gallery format, LIM and VTS included.
Second of all, I doubt there even was a C&D, I think LIM just got scared because people were tagging Rockstar in the pics. Unless RRX wants to go on record saying there was a C&D ... it didn't happen. If anything, the secretive nature of the figure worked in LIM's favor and increased FOMO, this whole debacle increased sales more than anything else.
VTS was NOT kicking LIM when they were down. Their figure was already in the works when LIM unveiled theirs.