BUSHMASTER WINS TRADEMARK CASE BROUGHT BY COLT DEFENSE LLC

Bushmaster press release ^ | 12/8/05

[joesnuffy]

MRP Goodness...imagine piston driven and 6.8 SPC or 6.5 Grendel....

[ASOC]

OK, spill. I want to know more, haven't seen anything in the gun rags - any good URLs to share?

[supercat]

I believe it was G.P. for General Purpose.

Perhaps it was spelled GP, but it was pronounced "jeep".

[Lancey Howard]

The Houston Astros began as the Colt 45s and Colt wanted to sue them so they changed the name to Astros.

???

Are you making that up? It is impossible to imagine a company being so stupid they would sue to put a stop to an incredible value in free advertisement.

I thought that the Houston franchise changed its name because they were the first baseball team to have a fully enclosed stadium and the turf was called "astroturf". (And also because NASA mission control was located in Houston. "Astro" = "astronaut....)

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://users3.ev1.net/~wbthomp/colts.html

Above URL gives History of Houston Colt 45S

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for that link! I remember going to see the Phillies play the Houston Colt 45s at Connie Mack Stadium when I was a kid. But I didn't see anything about Colt suing the Houston franchise to stop using the name "Colt 45s". In fact, it makes even less sense when you see that the original stadium where the Colt 45s played was called "Colt Stadium".

Did I miss it? Thanks.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for that link! I remember going to see the Phillies play the Houston Colt 45s at Connie Mack Stadium when I was a kid. But I didn't see anything about Colt suing the Houston franchise to stop using the name "Colt 45s". In fact, it makes even less sense when you see that the original stadium where the Colt 45s played was called "Colt Stadium".

Did I miss it? Thanks.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Remember this was 64 and 65 and it probably was a joke about them being sued.
This was the first time I looked the Colt 45 s on the net.
Should have looked them up on the net in 65. :)

[absolootezer0]

Dismissed Colt’s claim for infringement of M4 trade dress both because the alleged trade dress is primarily non-functional and because Colt could not establish that the buying public associated the look of the M4 only with Colt.

ROFL.. after the DC sniper, the look of an M4 is more likely to be associated with bushy than colt anyways.
eh.. i'll stick with my rock river, it shoots better than the colt my friend has.