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Over the weekend, the Gibson ads in a couple guitar magazines made me wonder why Gibson doesn't "fight" their competitors? I mean, suing PRS and others (see below for info on their suit against Fernandes) is one thing, making a model or two to go head to head against PRS in the marketplace is another.
Why doesn't Gibson try to make and sell their own version of what PRS sells? That would be the way to put some life into their 40 and 50 year old product lines.
They might as well steal ideas from PRS as most of their own recent ideas to expand their product lines have reeked: remember the RD Series? How about the early 80's trio of the Invader, Corvus, and Challenger? What were they thinking?
"Gibson Guitar Corporation sued its rival, Fernandes, K.K., for trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition. Fernandes conceded that it had intentionally ?referred to? Gibson?s Les Paul guitar but that by the mid-1990s the shape of the guitar had essentially become generic in Japan. The Tokyo District Court held in favor of Fernandes and Gibson appealed."
Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Fernandes, K.K., 1719 Hanrei Jihō 122 (Tokyo High Ct., Feb. 24, 2000)
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/journal/34-03/Port.htm
Why doesn't Gibson try to make and sell their own version of what PRS sells? That would be the way to put some life into their 40 and 50 year old product lines.
They might as well steal ideas from PRS as most of their own recent ideas to expand their product lines have reeked: remember the RD Series? How about the early 80's trio of the Invader, Corvus, and Challenger? What were they thinking?
"Gibson Guitar Corporation sued its rival, Fernandes, K.K., for trademark infringement, dilution, and unfair competition. Fernandes conceded that it had intentionally ?referred to? Gibson?s Les Paul guitar but that by the mid-1990s the shape of the guitar had essentially become generic in Japan. The Tokyo District Court held in favor of Fernandes and Gibson appealed."
Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Fernandes, K.K., 1719 Hanrei Jihō 122 (Tokyo High Ct., Feb. 24, 2000)
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/journal/34-03/Port.htm