Paintball Magazine February 2019 | Page 60

See You In Court Corporate lawsuits and specifically intellectual property lawsuits are commonplace in all types of industries and paintball is no exception. Paintball product patents have been challenged for decades. Whether it’s the vast array of mid- 2000s lawsuits over patient infringements or the more recent “breach of contract” allegations, there’s nothing new here. That said, the past five years have brought relative peace to the paintball industry and that’s a good thing for us all, although much of this law nonsense has no effect on our playing experience or pricing. Prediction: A major player in paintball is going to shake up the industry behind the scenes with new intellectual property lawsuits that’s going to remind us of 2007. Stay tuned. 060 paintball.media magazine