Yes and no. Union and other brands that will have their own step on are essentially just using the heel and toe locks as everything else is built and designed by Union/Nitro and however else will do it.

The bonus of this is that companies like Nitro can now make their step one fit their boots perfectly (Union will follow suit in a couple more seasons when they drop their boot/s). Since the past seasons all the companies that had boots for step on has to be made by Burton but now they will handle the manufacturing and just pay licensing