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Stealth · December 17th, 2012, 11:33

It would affect everybody that's not licensed by Umarex.

Namely:
WE
ARES
Echo1 (OEM'd by JG or Asia Electric Gun or whatever)
JG (good luck with that)

Not-affected:
VFC
KWA

Spartan Imports, JAG are all affiliated with VFC and KWA in some way or another so I don't think they would try to piss off Umarex by carrying competing brands of H&K products moving forwards. Remember what happened to Cybergun and Jag Precision/Echo1 last year regarding the FN Herstal license? Distributors are starting to move away from non-licensed products for fear of being shut down by Umarex/Cybergun and other copyright holders. It's not necessarily a bad thing as the real steel companies are choosing the better companies with whom to partner with.

The wildcard here is TM but since they don't directly export into jurisdictions where H&K/Umarex controls, I don't think they give a shit. Most of the TM products in North America are grey-marketed anyway.

December 17th, 2012, 11:33	#4
Stealth Mr. Silencer Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto	It would affect everybody that's not licensed by Umarex. Namely: WE ARES Echo1 (OEM'd by JG or Asia Electric Gun or whatever) JG (good luck with that) Not-affected: VFC KWA Spartan Imports, JAG are all affiliated with VFC and KWA in some way or another so I don't think they would try to piss off Umarex by carrying competing brands of H&K products moving forwards. Remember what happened to Cybergun and Jag Precision/Echo1 last year regarding the FN Herstal license? Distributors are starting to move away from non-licensed products for fear of being shut down by Umarex/Cybergun and other copyright holders. It's not necessarily a bad thing as the real steel companies are choosing the better companies with whom to partner with. The wildcard here is TM but since they don't directly export into jurisdictions where H&K/Umarex controls, I don't think they give a shit. Most of the TM products in North America are grey-marketed anyway. Last edited by Stealth; December 17th, 2012 at 11:42..