Legal Opinion
Colt Defense LLC v. Bushmaster Firearms, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 18, 2007No. 06-1696PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a trademark dispute between Colt Defense LLC (Colt) and Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. (Bushmaster) over Bushmaster’s use of the term “M4” in conjunction with its sale of certain firearms. The district court concluded that the term was generic and not entitled to trademark protection. We affirm.
I
In 1959, Colt purchased the right to develop the Armalite Rifle model 15 (AR-15), a small-caliber, gas-operated carbine rifle initially developed at the Armalite Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. Colt sold a variant of the AR-15 to the…
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