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guitars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Gibson hits Trump Guitars with cease and desist for resemblance to Les Paul body design

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Gibson hits Trump Guitars with cease and desist for resemblance to Les Paul body design

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guitars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Gibson has hit Trump Guitars and 16 Creative with a cease and desist due to the new guitar line's resemblance to Gibson's Les Paul design.

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They’re particularly fond of going after small independent luthiers who don’t have the means to fight a giant corporation in court.

You have to vigorously defend trademarks or you lose them.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/fender-loses-guitar-copyright-case-201886

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