Trijicon suing Holosun

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After dealing with IP & ITC stuff at work “in my spare time” for a couple years, this kind of stuff intrigues me.

Holosun got a foothold in the US market by OEM’ing then began using their own name, and now have kicked things up a notch by aggressively expanding their product line. I find it interesting to see that Trijicon and other big names seemingly ignored Holosun until now.

Unlike most IP cases against Chinese companies, Holosun isn’t hiding who they are and has a large amount of legitimate US business so if they are in deed in the wrong here, Trijicon will get their remedy.

Curious to see what the exact claims are in this case.
 
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Sounds a lot like what Surefire did a few years ago. It was too late for them in my opinion. Maybe Trijicon will have better luck.
 
I wonder if Holosun is about to market something dual illuminated with tritium/FO?
 
Or maybe it has something to do with the mount interface for the RMR. Because several of Holosuns products will utilize the RMR mount.

That would seem an odd thing to patent, but not really when you look at it.
 
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RMR mounting interface would make a lot of sense. Consumers want a standard interface for ease of switching and opening up options, but that means eating into the interface creator’s market share.

Most of the other manufactures have their own interface and maybe a Trij patent is the reason.
 
Holosun is putting the screws to these gucci optics companies. Namely Triji and Aimpoint and Eotech.

Because they have designed products that compare well with features, and even have additional features, at a fraction of the cost. And, most importantly, they have utilized actual pro shooters for design input and made strides to ruggedize their products. They seem to be continually innovating.

Will be interesting to see what happens with this. It's interesting to think about the mounting pattern as mentioned. It's definitely big. I like that pattern because it takes Triji or Holosun, which are about the only two optics I'd put on a pistol. Holosun clearly used it to to compete with Trijicon.
 
This will be interesting to watch.

Looks like Trijicon has filed an ITC complaint and lawsuit to stop Holosun from importing sights that allegedly infringe on patents held by Trijicon. No word on what the specific patents are though.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...aker-seeks-ban-on-chinese-competitor-s-sights


Title from the link-

"U.S. Weapons Maker Seeks Ban on Chinese Competitor’s Sights"

I'm not all that familiar with Trijicon, what "weapons" do they make?

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Holosun is putting the screws to these gucci optics companies. Namely Triji and Aimpoint and Eotech.

Because they have designed products that compare well with features, and even have additional features, at a fraction of the cost. And, most importantly, they have utilized actual pro shooters for design input and made strides to ruggedize their products. They seem to be continually innovating.

Will be interesting to see what happens with this. It's interesting to think about the mounting pattern as mentioned. It's definitely big. I like that pattern because it takes Triji or Holosun, which are about the only two optics I'd put on a pistol. Holosun clearly used it to to compete with Trijicon.
Gotta be the footprint.
If Holosun would introduce a large window pistol optic instead of 20 variations of the 507 they'd really make a killing with competitive shooters. It's literally the only complaint.
 
Title from the link-

"U.S. Weapons Maker Seeks Ban on Chinese Competitor’s Sights"

I'm not all that familiar with Trijicon, what "weapons" do they make?

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Yeah I noticed that too. But it's Bloomberg so go figure....
 
I'm a Trijicon fan for sure. Right now I have 2 ACOGs, 4 Reflex 1x24s, and 4 RMRs on various ARs and other guns.

Just got my first Holosun this week. a 407c that I put on a 10/22 TD (in an ADM RMR QD mount lol). So far I'm liking the Holosun and I may gradually replace a few Vortex MRDS with them.
 
Gotta be the footprint.
If Holosun would introduce a large window pistol optic instead of 20 variations of the 507 they'd really make a killing with competitive shooters. It's literally the only complaint.

Truth. I am using the SRO for the big window. Love it.
 
Re: the mounting platform issue.

It certainly was a factor in my decision to buy a HS407C recently. As I mentioned already I have a number of RMR's and even more mounts laying around as I've moved optics around. I bought the HS used off Arfcom and really didn't need the mount it came with (nice ADM absolute cowitness QD mount) for the purpose I was planning for it, but I already had an appropriate low QD mount and I'll hang on to that high QD mount for another RMR (or HS) application later.

I'm seriously thinking about dumping a few vortex MRDS in favor of more HS dots. I like the shake awake feature and the extended battery life and solar.
 
RMR mounting interface would make a lot of sense. Consumers want a standard interface for ease of switching and opening up options, but that means eating into the interface creator’s market share.

Most of the other manufactures have their own interface and maybe a Trij patent is the reason.

There are 2 main patterns I see alot the rmr style that trjjicon and holosun use, and the burris fastfire/vortex venom setup, there are plenty of cheapo optics I see that run one or the other. Leopold Sig rx, and some doctor optics share patterns too,
 
You don't sue someone who isn't a threat to you.

Same thing happened in the flashlight world back in 2013-2015.Surefire sued many of the "knock offs"....Olight, Fenix among them. Their logic for the lawsuits? Other manufacturers were using a threaded tail cap with a push button switch that could be"locked out"
Both of them are now direct threats to them, with arguably better or the same products at a lower price point.

Trijicon is seeing the same thing now. I see more people running HS optics and using Olight or Fenix lights than I do Trijicon and Surefire, at least the ones who are paying for them.

If Trijicon's argument is the mounting pattern, that's weak. I'll keep using HS optics that I can buy at a 2:1 ratio.
 
Interesting, as the article says Holosun's product line seems unchanged and available.
 
A quick google patent search shows Trijicon holds 33 US patents that cover reticles, iron sights, optical sights, illumination systems, mounts, and power supplies.
 
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