!Hola!, TeruTeru! Welcome to the board.

The problem was that Spanish copiers were sometimes trying to infer that their guns were genuine S&W's, with marks like "por Smith & Wesson' cartridges', etc.

The company wanted to let buyers know when they had the real thing, not a foreign copy. They sued at least one Spanish company for infringements.

What are Uruguayan gun laws like? Do you have reasonable freedom to buy or carry what you like?