Well this totally sucks... might as well get that stupid hellcat if this is really happening.
Well this totally sucks... might as well get that stupid hellcat if this is really happening.
I thought a beretta 92 mag would fit in the 48. If that’s true, there’s nothing really special about the mag body.
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The first link appears to be a published application rather than an issued patent. That means the claims might not be in the final form or in allowable condition.
The second is a design patent that protects the appearance, not the functional features.
I cannot promise anything but will try to look up more details tomorrow.
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They did put up a status update page for the S15 specifically
https://shieldarms.com/s15-updates
Hopefully there isn’t an update about a C&D, that would be some bs
Sig has big money and they can use lawyers to bankrupt smaller companies with frivolous lawsuits. I looked at the patent application and besides a lot of bullshit I didn’t see anything new. I wish sig would spend their time and money on better quality control and better products. I just saw a new sig 365 sas. Probably a good marketing move but for actual use they should take whoever designed it out behind the woodshed and knock the stupid out of them. Better yet have their management go through 120 hours of high round count shooting training at their own school.
Are they really using checkmate? I hope not
What you got the be careful about, is that I’m the one who posted those two links, and I found them in a 30 second google search. There could be other patents (patent searching isn’t easy), and I didn’t try very hard. I could be mistaken, but I recall Phil Strader saying they have three patents on the magazine.
The way I see it, if there is anything novel about the P365 magazine (and Sig spent the time and money designing it), then of course they’re going to protect the patents. There’s also the obvious problem that the C&D letter is just a rumor, and may very well be untrue. And even if it is true, it doesn’t guarantee a lawsuit will happen. If they do sue and it’s completely frivolous, then I hope they have to pay both parties lawyer fees.
Thinking about it, it is interesting that Checkmate is making the S15 magazine, since they are the one contracted by Sig to manufacture the P365 magazine. Patents aside, I’d think Sig would have protections in the contract with Checkmate to prevent them from manufacturing similar magazines (and for all we know, the S15 may be nothing like the P365 magazine and all this speculation is for nothing).