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guitars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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 · 2 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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Do they have a legal leg to stand on? Plenty of brands sell guitars similar or identical to Les Pauls, Strats, SGs…
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  There is some precedence with design similarities.
  
  Gibson went after Ibanez in the late 70’s for the headstock.

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