Was this ad the undoing of the GSG-5?

Posted October 21, 2009 in News by Steve Johnson with 12 Comments
Tags: ATI, GSG-5, H&K, law, News

Advocate posted this comment on my blog post about the H&K / ATI lawsuit …

I really think its important to remember that they sued over trademark and trade dress infringement … not patent infringement. Very different things.

Add to that the fact that ATI openly claimed it to be a MP5 lookalike:

Add to that the fact that HK can absolutely smother them in legal fees and you have a no win situation for ATI.

Love them or hate them i feel HK had the legal right to pursue this course.

… i’m just glad i got my gsg-5 long ago 😉

I had forgotten about that advertisement.

Steve Johnson

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