The "Gem" and who owned the rights to it....

[JimmieDee]

This reminds me, there's an amusing account of a legal dispute over the trademark 'Gem here.

Thanks Danny. That's useful information about the legal use of the name "Gem" and that these air rifles were being imported in at least 1883 in GB. Bergmann obviously didn't have any IPR rights to the "air rifle" in GB but perhaps did for the combined cartridge and air rifle design via his patent.

All the best,
Jimmie