: Re: May I use real weapon names in my book without copyright problems? I would like to use some weapon names to sound familiar to readers, (AK47, M16, C4, Colt...), but as far as I have heard,

The name of a product cannot be copyrighted it is trademarked. The appearance of the product can be copyrighted, trademarked or patented (trade dress).

Video games need additional license due to the use of the possibly copyrighted visual appearance of the weapon models. Text, which only uses the non-copyrighted names, does not.

You may need to look closer if you have extensive illustrations or are featuring the product on the cover, but the story text is almost certainly not an issue.

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