Gibson Guitars, Inc., the maker of iconic guitars like the Gibson Les Paul, the ES335, the "Flying V" and the Explorer has won a lawsuit saying the shape is part and parcel with the brand.In 2019, the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — In a recent court ruling, a jury upheld the Gibson guitar company's long-established trademarks by determining that Gibson guitar shapes are not generic. The ruling in Gibson ...

Let’s be clear: there’s no such thing as an ‘acoustic guitar chord’. If a guitar has a standard fretboard, then, acoustic or electric, all chord shapes are fair game. However, some chords do sound ...

Guitar shapes are almost like fingerprints for companies that manufacture them. When a guitar company has been around for a long time, it’s relatively easy to identify one of their guitars just by the ...

Shape-shifting is not just for wizards and politicians anymore ““ Professor Peter Yates is applying the concept to guitar as he plays multiple shapes of the instrument and produces a variety of sounds ...

Jurors said Dean infringed Gibson's famous guitar designs, but awarded the company just $4,000 in damages. By Bill Donahue A federal jury mostly sided with Gibson Brands on Friday (May 27) in a ...

Kaki King has always done unusual things to her guitar. Watch her very first music video for 2004's “Playing With Pink Noise,” and it’s clear from the percussive, frenzied fret-tapping that the ...

A federal jury has for a second time sided with Gibson Brands in its years-long trademark battle with Armadillo Enterprises, the owner of Dean Guitars. Initiated in 2019, when Gibson sued Armadillo ...