Gibson Sues DiMarzio over double cream

[SFW]

Gibson is suing DiMarzio for the double cream and PAF trademark...

313 page petition to cancel.


https://tsdr.uspto.gov/caseviewer/pdf?caseId=73150505&docIndex=1&searchprefix=sn#docIndex=1

 

[creep66]

I hope they win I'm sick of Larry's double creme monopoly bullshit.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Like a mother that eats its young.
Larry will win that suit its settled Law.

 

[njshred]

It’s a toss up for me, both are scumbags.

 

[technomancer]

Yeah they're suing to get the trademarks canceled... this is a good thing

 

[PiggySmallz]

Meanwhile gibson sues everyone for intellectual property they hadn't enforced for years

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Meanwhile gibson sues everyone for intellectual property they hadn't enforced for years

Well, from a business standpoint, Henry (the previous owner) dropped the ball there.

 

[DanTravis62]

Well, it couldn't have happened to two better companies for litigation

 

[PiggySmallz]

Well, from a business standpoint, Henry (the previous owner) dropped the ball there.

Not sure thats a valid argument in court though lol

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Not sure thats a valid argument in court though lol

You'll get no argument from me on that! LOL

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Everyone knows Larry is dubbel kreem and no one else can touch it. Gibson, however, can suck a bag of farts and get bent. All you people that buy those sweet sweet Les Pauls are enablers.

 

[Reverend Bow]

How the Fook can you trademark a plastic color combination...

 

[Tone Junkie]

Maybe Gibson will sue everyone for building electric guitars.
Absurd. They’ve become like the school yard bullies.
Frivolous law suits. After how long. Their business practices are crap.
Yeah I’ve owned tons of Gibsons.
Today I wouldn’t spend a dime on any product they make.

 

[VonBonfire]

All you people that buy those sweet sweet Les Pauls are enablers.

wUt iF i wAnT dUbbLe cR33mS iN mUh gIbsUn aRrrgh9?

 

[JohnnyGtar]

wUt iF i wAnT dUbbLe cR33mS iN mUh gIbsUn aRrrgh9?

Yeah! Play authentic! haha

 

[7704A]

Yeah! Play authentic! haha

Sue Authentic.

 

[Kelly]

How the Fook can you trademark a plastic color combination...

The same way Chrysler can trademark Hemi Orange, and Fender can trademark Lake Placid Blue. Coca Cola has a trademark on their bottle shape, and McDonalds has a trademark on the big yellow M.

 

[vultures]

Old rockers in my area would always tell stories about Larry coming around to all the local shops begging people to try out his pickups, begging people working behind the counter to check them out.. A lot of them would flat out tell him no, or that they had and they sucked. Out of the dozens of Dimarzio's I tried, I only like a few. Hope Dimarzio loses and we, as players and consumers, win. It's really foolish to have a trademark on two cream bobbins.

 

[GreatRedDragon]

How the Fook can you trademark a plastic color combination...

In theory you're only supposed to be able to do so when the color doesn't serve a practical purpose. In other words, only in cases where a consumer wouldn't specifically desire the double cream pickup. John Deere was unable to trademark their green tractors because it was reasoned the green itself might be a selling point for the tractor. UPS can trademark their brown delivery vans because there is no competitive advantage to having a brown van.

The trademark should never have been granted to Larry, and the proof is in the legions of winders who have gotten C&Ds for making cream pickups - they weren't making cream pickups so they would pass as DiMarzios, they were making cream pickups because people want that color of pickup.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

The trademark should never have been granted to Larry, and the proof is in the legions of winders who have gotten C&Ds for making cream pickups - they weren't making cream pickups so they would pass as DiMarzios, they were making cream pickups because people want that color of pickup.

The Trademark Office obviously disagrees.