diablo175 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 đ If the quality of product was good, the prices reasonable and competitive and the models/features aligned with what players REALLY want, they might not have to fall back on law suits to insulate their sales figures. Just my .02 https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-dean-court-ruling?utm_content=guitar-world&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_hartwell Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Right On. The best sentence is, âGibson can now focus attention on *continuing to leverage its iconic past*, and invest in future innovation, with confidence.â Yeahhhhh.... Hey, at least for the player-collectors thereâll be some new âlawsuit guitarsâ đđ¤ˇââď¸ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 hours ago, geoff_hartwell said: Right On. The best sentence is, âGibson can now focus attention on *continuing to leverage its iconic past*, and invest in future innovation, with confidence.â Yeahhhhh.... Hey, at least for the player-collectors thereâll be some new âlawsuit guitarsâ đđ¤ˇââď¸ Like I said in the other thread, I hope this doesn't mean that Gibson is gonna reissue the Firebird X.  𤎠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 P.S. The local Nashville CBS news affiliate this evening reported Gibson's 'BIG WIN' (their words, not mine) over the trademark suit with Dean (I live between Nashville and Paducah, KY, so their news is local to me, too). Funny how the news broadcast didn't mention the $4000 amount that Gibson was awarded, though.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I wonder how much it cost them to win that $4,000 - lol.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veatch Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 So I need a lawyer to weigh in on this. They lost their suit against PRS, but "won" this one. Which will be the precedence moving forward?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhuber Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Iâm not real familiar with the Dean law suit.  But Iâve always wondered, how close can a Strat copy look like a Fender Strat before itâs an infringement.  What about Harley Benton they also make products that look like 335 and Les Paul.  The same goes for the Amazon Fire Fly.  Maybe I need to ask the experts.  How is it that Gibson never had heartburn over the Hamer Explorer I mean Standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, dhuber said: Iâm not real familiar with the Dean law suit.  But Iâve always wondered, how close can a Strat copy look like a Fender Strat before itâs an infringement.  What about Harley Benton they also make products that look like 335 and Les Paul.  The same goes for the Amazon Fire Fly.  Maybe I need to ask the experts.  How is it that Gibson never had heartburn over the Hamer Explorer I mean Standard? Hamer had an agreement with Gibson - not a licensing arrangement or anything like that - a simple agreement.  The subsequent owners screwed the pooch on that (well, and everything else too) and let things lapse. Dean Z. may very weâll have had something similarly, but that company was sold so many times, who could track it.  Odd that Dean has been OPENLY making V and Explorer shapes since 1976/77, and Gibson is only now challenging themâŚbut hey, gotta protect that IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 21 hours ago, geoff_hartwell said: invest in future innovation Don't bother, Gibson. Accept the fact that you're Coca-Cola. You got the formula right decades ago. No one wants innovation from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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