Many, if not all, of the most important issues facing the airsoft industry in the United States involve the attempt to enforce trademarks and trade dress rights held by "real steel" gun manufacturers. With heavy weights like H&K, Colt, and Armalite flexing their muscle of their respective intellectual property, this will become an even more important issue in the years to come. Of course, intellectual property rights are not reserved to the airsoft industry and many of the same challenges facing airsoft manufacturers, distributors, and retailers have been vetted by other industries such as the action sports retail industry (or "ASR" in common parlance).
For those who are interested in learning more about intellectual property, I will be presenting a seminar at the upcoming ASR Show in San Diego on Thursday, September 10, 2009. More information is available at my law firm's Web site located at www.hkclaw.com and at the ASR Web site located at www.asrbiz.com.
Of course, you can also contact me by e-mail at dbaker@hkclaw.com or by telephone at (714) 432-8700.
David Baker
The Airsoft Lawyer
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