Sig sues Glock for patent infringement on Gen 5.

[O4L]

Interesting article here.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ked-in-a-gunfight-with-sig-sauer-over-america

 

[rc508pir]

No surprise here. Sig will literally do anything to make $

 

[Defcon Shooter]

Didn't Glock sue Smith?

 

[kwaynem]

I was also surprised they had S&W m&p shield 9mm as one of the top 2

 

[SoonerP226]

No surprise here. Sig will literally do anything to make $

Yeah, how dare those money-grubbing capitalists try to defend a patent.

 

[Defcon Shooter]

Yeah, how dare those money-grubbing capitalists try to defend a patent.

Wasn't the patent originally steyrs and SIG had to pay them off when Steyr sued them?

 

[JD8]

Didn't Glock sue Smith?

Over the Sigma I believe?

I believe they've sued several companies from what I remember. They can't any more because they aren't innovative like the used to be.

 

[SoonerP226]

Wasn't the patent originally steyrs and SIG had to pay them off when Steyr sued them?

SIG is suing Glock over the design of the breechblock; Steyr sued SIG over the modular design. I can't find the disposition of the Steyr case, and Bloomberg doesn't cite any patent numbers, so I can't be sure, but it sounds like the patents cover different elements.

ETA: The only citation I could find in the Steyr case referenced a US patent held by Steyr; this case involves Austrian patents. Glock has petitioned the Austrian patent office to invalidate SIG's patent, which could scuttle the whole thing.

 

[SoonerP226]

Over the Sigma I believe?

Yes, it was the Sigma, or, as we called it at the time, the Smock and Glesson...

 

[JD8]

Yes, it was the Sigma, or, as we called it at the time, the Smock and Glesson...

New one on me.