I would bet Gibson has much better lawyers, though, and that might be all you need.
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostI would bet Gibson has much better lawyers, though, and that might be all you need.
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Originally posted by Securb View Post
I am not sure but I know after Ibanez they went after Fernadez, PRS, Kiesel, and a few others. I don't know what happened before Ibanez. I would guess in the early days, the late 1800's Orville would probably take his walking stick to a scoundrel who dared infringe on his business. "No need for barristers my good man I shall thrash thee where thee stands"
Edit: so what I can find is that Norlin sued Elgar in Philadelphia Federal District Court and the issue was the open-book headstock design, nothing else. "Ibanez made an out-of-court settlement with Norlin and agreed to stop copying the Gibson headstock and using names similar to Gibson models on their instruments." So unless there are other cases, it doesn't appear Gibson attempted to protect the silhouette shape of their guitars for the first 25-50 years of them being sold.
Last edited by beaubrummels; 05-11-2022, 03:48 PM.
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I'm no attorney, but AFAIK the design copyrights for something like a guitar shape, held by a company not an individual, last 120 years or 95 years after the death of the author, whichever is shorter.
That Gibson (or Fender, or Gretsch, or any other manufacturer) is selective in who it pursues is irrelevant. It comes down to money. If you or I home build an LP knockoff, first off all its unlikely to be a precise enough copy anyway, but even if it is, so long as we don't stick a Gibson logo on it, or try to sell it as the genuine article, it's unlikely Gibson, for example, will come after us. It's simply not worth the money.
BTW the Mickey Mouse copyright expires in about 2 years time.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
But the thing is, if you read the letter, it says they filed suit against the importer and distributor, not against the maker Ibanez.
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Originally posted by Aceman View PostMan - what a dooshbag business move.
At the end of the day, no one is confused about the difference between a Gibson and anything that looks like a Gibson. This isn't going to help Gibson sell guitars, it isn't going to stop people making Les Pauls, and whatever else.
Just a big waste of time and money on everyone's part.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Aceman View Post
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Originally posted by ThreeChordWonder View PostBTW the Mickey Mouse copyright expires in about 2 years time.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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