lysanderxiii
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No copyright infringement at all. The rampant horse is a "trademark".Just an FYI, the reproducing of logos like that is probably copyright infringement (in fact, it almost certainly is). Not being a wet blanket and it isn't likely to be an issue or anything, but there's a reason lowers aren't being mass-manufactured with rampant colt's on them. I'd have done Armalite, since I don't think there's anyone left to sue me at this point
Also be aware that if your 80% M16A1 forgery (let's call it what it is ) is a little too realistic, it'd be awful hard to prove its non-M16 ancestry should a crooked cop/agent drill a little hole in the side. I'm sure there's certain internal details that still differentiate it, but my point is that a perfect forgery becomes increasingly indistinguishable from the real thing --which is highly illegal in this case-- especially to ignoramuses. (gonna go oil-down my Hotchkiss Universal with no externally-visible semi-auto conversion mods, now
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And while technically true that it is infringement of Colt's trademark, I doubt Colt would bother to sue, as the copier is not marketing lowers with this logo, although he might get a cease and desist order telling him not to do it anymore.
Oh, and "Armalite", as a trademark, still exists, it is owned by Strategic Armory Corps, but the image of Pegasus in cross hairs is owned by someone else, I can't recall who exactly.
As to this being confused with a real M16A1... if he did the FCG pocket to semi-auto specs, there is no problem, as that "fourth hole" is just and engraved circle (I can see that in the picture). No law against engraving circles on your stuff....
As to the second one, that raises an interesting problem. US Manufacturer's are requireds to mark their name, business location, model and a unique serial number. Homemade stuff is not required to have such markings. But, by copying Colt's markings to such a degree, you may have inadvertently duplicated an existing Colt serial number.
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