You would think (leastways I would think)

[Alpo]

That Mossberg would have copyrighted the name "Shockwave".

 

I just got an email from Palmetto, and they are selling a "Shockwave pistol kit".

 

It's an AR pistol. How can some company call their AR pistol Shockwave, when Mossberg calls their thingie Shockwave?

[Tyrel Cody]

Seems like the Shockwave Blade Pistol Stablilizer was out BEFORE Mossberg created their Shockwave; 2015 vs 2017?

[J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE]

Shockwave may be too basic to be granted a trademark

 

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

There’s more to a trademark than just letters (font, color, etc), and shockwave is a standard English word. 

 

Unless the AR pistol company does something that creates confusion to the consumer, the word itself is a non-issue. 

[Sixgun Sheridan]

It certainly seems that gun companies are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things. Shockwave, Hellcat, Loaded, Pit Bull, Rail Gun... and then they copy each other on top if it. Gun names are a lot less goofy if they're just a designation like P9, G22, AK-47, etc.

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[Alpo]

1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said:

There’s more to a trademark than just letters (font, color, etc), and shockwave is a standard English word. 

 

Unless the AR pistol company does something that creates confusion to the consumer, the word itself is a non-issue. 

That might come as a shock to American Western Arms, who called their gun a peaceKEEPER, not a peaceMAKER, and Colt sued them anyway, and won.

 

"The name was too close. Customers would get confused, thinking they were buying a Colt PeaceMAKER."

[Pat Riot]

Today, one can get a Colt “Piecemeal” 

[Rye Miles #13621]

This is shocking!!