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Posted: 6/10/2018 7:54:54 PM EDT
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I would think by now the patent protection on those parts has expired.
ETA: From Wiki: "a patent provides, from a legal standpoint, the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term of the patent, which is usually 20 years from the filing date. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 9:32:56 PM EDT
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Maybe, but while a lot of folks are going with hinged/safety triggers, The G2s have essentially copied a lot more than just a couple of features. I don’t doubt that I could tear these pistols down completely, and not have much difference in the assemblies and parts of a Glock. Which is to say a lot more similarity than I would expect Glock would put up with.
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Posted: 6/10/2018 9:43:50 PM EDT
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I would think by now the patent protection on those parts has expired. ETA: From Wiki: "a patent provides, from a legal standpoint, the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term of the patent, which is usually 20 years from the filing date. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 9:46:23 PM EDT
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I agree. And they may have worked out a license with Glock but I doubt it.
I think at this point all Glock would have in there arsenal to fight them would be copyright law and of course any enforceable patents. I know Glock worked hard to prevent Airgun copies of Glock models but recently licensed to Umarex I think. This made me look into Taurus and S&W. I never realized that at one time they were sister companies being both owned (in part) by Bangor Punta. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 9:47:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Smith & Wesson was a tad bit early when they produced the Sigma! |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 8:15:49 PM EDT
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I agree. And they may have worked out a license with Glock but I doubt it. I think at this point all Glock would have in there arsenal to fight them would be copyright law and of course any enforceable patents. I know Glock worked hard to prevent Airgun copies of Glock models but recently licensed to Umarex I think. This made me look into Taurus and S&W. I never realized that at one time they were sister companies being both owned (in part) by Bangor Punta. I’m not sure how Taurus managed to make a Beretta 92 clone though. |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 9:08:31 PM EDT
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I’m not sure how Taurus managed to make a Beretta 92 clone though. |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 9:28:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, at the time I think patent protections were 17 years. |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 10:16:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was not anywhere close to 17 years either! The Sigma came out in 1994. So yes you are right, it was only about 12 years. That would explain why Glock sued for patent infringement and reached a settlement with Smith and Wesson. Wiki: "The case was settled out of court in 1997, with S&W agreeing to make alterations to the Sigma design and pay an undisclosed amount to Glock". |
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Posted: 6/12/2018 2:15:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I believe the story is they built a plant there to fulfill a contract for the Brazilian army. As soon as the plant was built Brazil nationalized it. |
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Posted: 6/14/2018 6:39:50 AM EDT
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They are nothing like a Glock IMHO. Now a Walther PPS and the new SAR9 both have cruciforms with trigger housing springs and connectors. They are definitely cloned from Glocks idea
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