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Old 08-19-2014, 05:49 AM
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I doubt H&K would try to sue Norinco regardless. The difference between GSG and Norinco making MP5 clones is that GSG was competition in a marketplace that H&K valued. Whereas the countries most likely to buy MP5s from China are the same countries who would buy them from the Iranians or Pakistanis (in other words, rogue states or countries that are too poor to pay H&K's asking price). H&K's lawyers undoubtedly have better things to do with their time than fight for sales territory where they were never competitive in the first place.
According to wikipedia (not the best source, admittedly,) Iranian and Pakistani manufacture is under license, so H&K at least gets to wet their beak.
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