October 21, 2025
Guitar giant Gibson has asked a Texas federal judge to grant a third trial on trademark infringement claims over its iconic guitar shapes, despite getting a $1 win raised to around $168,000.
September 23, 2025
After a Texas federal jury awarded guitar maker Gibson just $1 in damages from a Florida-based competitor found to have infringed trademarks for its iconic guitar shapes, a federal judge increased the award to just over $168,000 in disgorgement of profits earned through infringement.
March 21, 2025
A Texas federal jury on Friday found that a Florida-based guitar maker infringed Gibson Brands Inc.'s trademarks on shapes of some of its famous guitars like the Flying V and Explorer but handed Gibson $1 after finding that it delayed bringing its claims.
April 12, 2023
A Texas federal judge has denied a request for attorneys fees from guitar maker Gibson Brands Inc. in its successful trademark infringement lawsuit against a Florida-based competitor, citing a "lack of basic documentation" from the company's lawyers about the work they performed.
March 03, 2023
A Texas federal judge ruled a Florida guitar maker in civil contempt Friday for continuing to list and sell its Dean V and Dean Z electric guitars for several weeks after it was barred from doing so in a trademark fight with Gibson Brands Inc.
July 29, 2022
A Texas federal judge has permanently enjoined a Florida guitar maker from selling several guitars after a jury found they infringed the trademark on Gibson Brands Inc.'s Flying V guitar and other iconic models, ruling that Gibson is entitled to the injunction even though it waited decades to assert its rights.
May 27, 2022
A Texas federal jury held Friday that a Florida guitar maker sold counterfeit guitars that infringed the trademark on Gibson Brands Inc.'s Flying V guitar and other iconic models, and shot down the rival's efforts to cancel several Gibson trademarks as generic.