dunno. its pronounced coke

 

For the record, I don't own a gun either and have no intention to, but the first several markers I put together were very milsimy. Granted, I have since sold most of them and gotten more into AGD lately, but they are still what brought me in.

 

YES!

 

2. You can get an AB with an egrip and a decent mask for $200 all day long. Still less than you would pay for a lot of electros.

 

 

i know. it was kinda a funny read.

 

i dont care what you think of me, but next time you have a thought, let it go. 

 

 

Seriously.

 

 

On topic, it appears that HK sued Tippmann, SpecOps, BT, a airsoft company and two firearms manufacturers, all pretty much for the same thing:  Trademark violations under the Lanham act.  This is not a patent issue, but trademark/tradename dilution, trade dress infringement, etc.  Without reading the actual pleadings, I suspect they read pretty much like this:  "Their guns look a lot like ours and stuff, which makes the H&K brand and the MP5 name less valuable."  I am curious whether this was motivated by the paintball guys or the firearm guys - I cannot imagine that H&K feels threatened by Tippmann, but it may be that H&K determined that their claim against the gun guys would be weaker if they let the paintball/airsoft companies run amok.  Besides, the A-5 has been out for almost a decade - assuming, of course, that this is about the A-5.  It could also be about the various G3-type accessories and whatnot, but my understanding is that the gun companies that got sued make MP5 clones, not G3 clones.  If somebody cares enough to get a copy of the complaint we can find out easily enough.

 

Of course, prior to bucket of lawsuits there would have been communications with Tippmann et al, so the good folks at Tippmann could probably fill us in if they wanted to...  which they won't and don't.  :)

 

But clearly interesting stuff.  Buy all your A-5s now before the gun-grabbers outlaw them.

 

 

 

I can almost promise that there is no gag order.  Gag orders are basically unconstitutional, and are issued only in the most extreme of circumstances - which this is not.

 

I can also almost promise that Tippmann's attorneys have told them not to say anything in public except for carefully scripted press releases.

 

 

Secondly, does anyone know what airsoft company and firearms comapnies are being sued?

 

I feel like a minority. I play both airsoft and paintball regularly. I wear camo, and a vest at the paintball field but I play a speedball influenced game(both on the speedball field and in the woods, although 8/10 games are in the woods). When I play airsoft, I usually care less about milsim. I dress accordlingly to what team I'm on, and I follow orders. I am not one of the people who thinks those BBs are 5.56mm and made of lead.

 

I'll stand up to defend speedball by saying it involves a hell of alot of teamwork, skill, practice, and communication. Oddly enough, milsim airsoft requires the same damn thing. A speedball team and a milsim airsoft team are both equally uselesswithout practice, skill, teamwork, and communication.