Court NUKES Gibson Vs. Dean Guitars Ruling!

After a years-long appeal process, a court has reversed the ruling on the Gibson Vs. Dean Guitars trademark infringement case and it will be retried with new evidence! What does this mean for the future of intellectual property in the guitar industry? Gibson could still win the case again, but there's no guarantee.

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[Azvikingdesigns]

If fender already lost a case saying body's are not protected, it has precedence and this lawsuit should have been thrown out before it started

[CCHPOUNDER]

The biggest difference between a Dean and a Gibson is I can afford a Dean.

[cb-ezpz]

If you wait 40 plus years to legally defend a trademark, then no trademark.

[BenjaminRoethig]

Also Gibson: Let's make a Stratocaster under Kramer.

[thevoxofreason]

Good. The original ruling was absolutely ridiculous. BTW, I own several Gibsons and a couple Deans, as well as others. I have no brand loyalty. I just really dislike illogical, nonsensical legal rulings...and the original judge screwed this one up big time.

[DethVmnt]

The consumer is smart enough to distinguish different guitar brands. Atleast 99%

[richardwright]

Everyone should be able to make any shape they want and let the consumer decide on the quality and decide.

[cacornhusker]

My family has played Gibson Acoustics for over 70 years and i own 2 and went thru numerous Gibson Electrics in the past. my 1975 Gibson Marauder had an "arrow" shaped headstock instead of the open book and i don't think Gibson got sued by others who used that headstock shape? or is that Patented too?? Gibson needs to stop with the lawsuits and kick lawyers out of their factories and get back to making quality, affordable guitars that justifies paying more for the "Gibson" name and logo. Sad that the Collector Market full of Richie Rich's is what Gibson Guitars has become. If they want to be the Rolls Royce of Overpriced, Over hyped Guitars, they better accept garnering only1% of the Guitar Market .

[mikeshweeng]

We should probably make all classical instruments have different body shapes, according to big guitar company logic. Don't you dare make your violin look like mine.

[thesnowghost]

Why did it take gibson 40 years to do this

[Yosser]

Does anyone actually like Gibson at this point? Their old guitars are great but the company just sucks! I’ve no clue why anyone pays the ridiculous price for a new Gibson with so many nice used ones around.

[GhostifiedGhoulishness]

So...if body shapes can be trademarked, how many brands of cellos look not like other cellos?

And all of those round drums! 🤭

[MarioHernandez-zcdv]

Crazy how this legal battle has been going as long as I’ve been playing guitar, I remember dying to be a Dean Artist

[SlyRyFry]

Good for Dean, no doubt gibson used to be a monolith but the company has become terrible on all fronts. Overpriced guitars, bad quality control, gatekeeping body shapes. Just glad there's so many decent alternatives these days. Gibson couldn't have done a better job at selling me one of these Deans tho

[peanutbutterisfu]

If the body is protected then Martin can sue every company that makes acoustic guitars. Martin was making guitars what 70 years before Gibson? The 70’s and 80’s guitar companies were popping up everywhere why wouldn’t they do it back then? Makes no sense. Gibson and fender could have had a really good case back then. Nowadays you can order pretty much any “style” of guitar online from endless different companies.

[sweezyjackson]

Gibson has become such a piss poor run company. Rather than fix QC issues and innovate new designs they sue and build over priced guitars.
I live in middle Tn and Gibson has a horrible reputation as one of the worst companys to work for here.
The legacy is being destroyed

[rmpo]

Well, not to.mwntion the headstocks are usually shaped different and the logos are obviously different. Thats where every consumer looks to see what brand a guitar is. Not the body.

[lucyfuir]

I own the less Paul and a explorer both are Gibson. But I don't think that Gibson should be able to hold the patent on those shapes. Patents run out and then become general public domain where anybody can make it. That's just how it works that's how come everybody can make a television. Or a car.

[allghilliedup]

Almost half a century without doing anything? Yeah I don’t know where they thought they could win that.

Also, fuck Gibson. Overpriced as fuck

[onsesejoo]

Didn't Gibson had the lawsuit over the headstock in the 70's, suing among others Japanese guitar manufacturers, but not going after the guitar body shape ?