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[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

I thought a Supreme Court ruling threw out Colt's trademark?

But, at any rate, the M4 and its technical package becomes government property in June, I believe. Of course, whether or not that also applies to the nomenclature "M4" (assuming I'm incorrect and Colt's trademark is still valid) is an entirely different story.

It didn't go to that high of a court.
The ruling was that M4 was a generic term that could not be copyrighted since "M4" and "M4A1" are designations used by the US military so therefore those names fall in the public domain.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

It didn't go to that high of a court.
The ruling was that M4 was a generic term that could not be copyrighted since "M4" and "M4A1" are designations used by the US military so therefore those names fall in the public domain.

Well, I guess that's what I get for trusting Wikipedia...