guitars

They're particularly fond of going after small independent luthiers who don't have the means to fight a giant corporation in court.

You have to vigorously defend trademarks or you lose them.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/fender-loses-guitar-copyright-case-201886

I don't know what Gibson is so upset about, those guitars are representative of what Gibson is all about. Overpriced garbage that's likely to break.

Every time somebody wishes death to that bastard Satan adds another day to his life.

Temu drop shipped

And here I thought my one little corner of the internet was safe from bullshit, and Hitler has to go make a guitar. Go figure

Opportunistic businessmen capitalizing on the stupidity of his supporters. It's almost commendable as a business venture.

Unfortunately, yes, just like any other niche. I have distanced myself from a few musician friends because they absolutely cannot resist injecting incredibly toxic politics into every aspect of their lives. Vote for whoever you want, but every conversation is not an invitation to blather on about the talking points of the week.

There is some precedence with design similarities.

Gibson went after Ibanez in the late 70's for the headstock.

Related anecdote, my sister's fiance (at the time) gave me a guitar he supposedly found by a dumpster or in a storage unit. It looked like a Les Paul, but wasn't, I forget the name on the top. I sent it to have it looked over and a couple little things repaired.

The repair guy ended up calling me and making sure I was good with XYZ, and I asked if he could tell me anything about it. Apparently, I had a Japanese counterfeit Les Paul. I guess back in the 70s/80s/90s, Japanese companies would make clones of Les Paul's and sell them for a reduced price, but their quality was kinda comparable to the real deal.

Les Paul would sue and/or send a cease and desist, and the company would shut down and pop up a few months later under a different name, rinse and repeat.

I ended up selling the guitar back in high school, kinda wish I hadn't, but actually ended up buying another a few years later, different color but a Japanese Les Paul.