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Can you make a smaller version Is Nanoblock not in violation of another company's product without violating that company'sLEGO's patents because their product is incompatible with and not the same size as LEGO's product?

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Can you make a smaller version of another company's product without violating that company's patents?

Nanoblock is an interlocking brick toy similar to LEGO.

They have an article on their website that describes their toy and compares it to LEGO. It makes the following claim:

You may wonder if there is a patent infringement case against Nanoblocks for making a copycat product similar to LEGO. The answer is no.

To avoid a patent claim, Nanoblocks are not compatible with LEGO. Nanoblocks are about one-quarter of the size of LEGO blocks.

Is it true that Nanoblock is not in violation of LEGO's patents because their copycat product is incompatible with and is not the same size as LEGO's product?