From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Iron Mongery
Date:	Sun, 10 Sep 1995 14:43:57 +0200

> Yes, you are most definitely right about it being based on the real
>world weapon made by Ares.

That bit was obvious :)

> Ares (in the Shadowrun universe) is a major wepons manufacturer
>in the UCSA. Transcontinental is a up and coming arms
>wholesaler/manufacturer from the CSA trying to 'break in' to the UCAS
>market the question is why would Ares (in SR) provide a competior with
>such a nice piece to sell.

Ah. Now I see your point -- if the SR Ares makes it, why would they sell the
design to a competitor?
You never know with these megacorps...

> FASA by virtue of having publish a great deal of copyrighted
>material has a prior claim of sorts on Ares in the Shadowrun universe. I
>don't wish to step on any more toes then necessary (especialy legal
>ones).

I still don't see the danger in using a name like Ares, Fuchi, or MCT as a
producer of gear for your SR catalog...

>Since I have not heard of any legal action on the part of either
>Colt or H&K I assume (a dangerous thing to do I agree) that we can use
>thier brand names to add color to our games.

Heckler & Koch, by my knowledge, isn't a "registered trademark" of Heckler
und Koch GmbH so that wouldn't cause too many problems in the US ;) Colt,
being an American corp, will probably have registered its name and all kinds
of other bullshit, though.

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