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  • PRS lose singlecut lawsuit...

    Forgive me if I'm way late, but has anyone heard about this?

    NASHVILLE, March 12 (UPI) -- Gibson Guitar has won a U.S. trademark infringement case against manufacturer Paul Reed Smith for copying Gibson's Les Paul single cutaway model guitar.

    A federal court judge in Nashville Thursday agreed with Gibson's complaint that Paul Reed Smith had violated U.S. patent and trademark laws by making the copycat guitars without permission from or compensation to Gibson. Gibson, which trademarked the Les Paul distinct body style in 1987, claimed in its lawsuit that Paul Reed Smith had been making guitars, called the "PRS Singlecut" with the same Les Paul design since 2000 to capitalize on the original Les Paul's popularity.

    The century-old instrument manufacturer began making the Les Paul electric guitar, named for the veteran guitar player, in 1952. The style remains one of Gibson's most popular instruments.

    Monetary restitution to Gibson will be decided at a hearing in 90 days.

    -Crikey. Now's the time to get a singlecut, I'm guessing....
    Originally posted by Jolly
    ...but then again, I'm so deaf I can't even hear myself fart.

  • #2
    yeah, there was a thing last week about that.......



    still a weird story.
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    • #3
      Yep, totally ridiculous.

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      • #4
        I dont think they're similar enough for that verdict to have been valid.

        headstock, scale length, the special prs cutaway, bridge, allt aht stuff, its just wrong.
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        • #5
          Hopefully It forces PRS to make what I think could be it's coolest guitar yet: A McCarty with a thicker mahogany back.
          Originally posted by Jolly
          ...but then again, I'm so deaf I can't even hear myself fart.

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          • #6
            Doesnt a McCarty already have a pretty hefty body?
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Spoonman
              Doesnt a McCarty already have a pretty hefty body?
              Slightly thicker than my CU22, but not by much. I'd like to hear what one sounded like if the body had a Les Paul-like thickness. Perhaps two layered pieces: one solid one as thick as the current back, and a chambered piece added between the top...
              Originally posted by Jolly
              ...but then again, I'm so deaf I can't even hear myself fart.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Spoonman
                I dont think they're similar enough for that verdict to have been valid.

                headstock, scale length, the special prs cutaway, bridge, allt aht stuff, its just wrong.
                That was my knee jerk reaction as well. When you can the difference between the Les Paul and the PRS Singlecut from 10 feet away, it doesn't seem like a justified case. There's so many guitars that are somewhat similar in appearance simply due to the fact there's only so many body shapes out there. I'm curious as to how they legally determine when one brand has crossed "the line".
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                • #9
                  ok, the reason for the lawsuit was prs basically didnt pay gibson for the right to use the shape....
                  esp ltd deluxe ec-1000 (amber sunburst)
                  fender mim standard strat
                  peavey classic 30
                  johnson j-station
                  original ibanez ts-9 (not in use)
                  dunlop crybaby (sometimes in use)
                  yamaha f-310p acoustic
                  taylor 410 acoustic
                  "This ain't no ballet-we want people to listen with their eyes closed,to just let the music come inside them and forget their wordly cares..." Duane Allman
                  "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Suess

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                  • #10
                    yeah i think the "pre-lawsuit" singlecuts prices are gonna go through the roof now!!!???
                    Originally posted by jeremy
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Hot _Grits
                      Hopefully It forces PRS to make what I think could be it's coolest guitar yet: A McCarty with a thicker mahogany back.

                      That would be killer! Throw on the IRW neck, thick hunk of mahogony with a carved maple cap. Insane
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Hoss
                        yeah i think the "pre-lawsuit" singlecuts prices are gonna go through the roof now!!!???
                        Yeah, as if they weren't expensive enough before
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                        • #13
                          I think Fender should sue Gibson for making single-cut solid-body guitar bodies. The Telecaster came out first, afterall.
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                          • #14
                            I think the guy who invented the first stringed instrument should sue everybody else... Then I think the guy who invented music (hitting bones together or something) should sue all of us for stealing his concept... what a nice world we live in....

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                            • #15
                              its the point that its a copyright....
                              esp ltd deluxe ec-1000 (amber sunburst)
                              fender mim standard strat
                              peavey classic 30
                              johnson j-station
                              original ibanez ts-9 (not in use)
                              dunlop crybaby (sometimes in use)
                              yamaha f-310p acoustic
                              taylor 410 acoustic
                              "This ain't no ballet-we want people to listen with their eyes closed,to just let the music come inside them and forget their wordly cares..." Duane Allman
                              "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Suess

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