What? No EVH lawsuit for Gibson?

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  • indeedido
    Veteran
    • Feb 2004
    • 2293
    #1

    What? No EVH lawsuit for Gibson?

    Epiphone Musical Instruments - News

    I'm surprised Ed and his gang of lawyers hasn't taken action on Gibson/Epiphone for this. He sure cancels all the ebay listing for his 'trademark'.
    This space for rent.
    Tags: evh, gibson, lawsuit
    • kwame k
      TOASTMASTER GENERAL
      • Feb 2008
      • 11302
      #2
      Give it time.......
      Originally posted by vandeleur
      E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place

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        • ppg960
          Sniper
          • Dec 2005
          • 991
          #3
          No Kidding....can you say Rip-Off??
          what was Gibson thinking??

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            • VAiN
              Use my hand, I won't look
              ROCKSTAR

              • Nov 2006
              • 5056
              #4
              Seriously, unless they asked for permission.... that's just a rip-off.
              Originally posted by wiseguy
              That shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.

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                • ULTRAMAN VH
                  Commando
                  • May 2004
                  • 1480
                  #5
                  I would back Ed on this one.

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                    • Seshmeister
                      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                      • Oct 2003
                      • 35160
                      #6
                      Looks like the kind of thing you could get from Toys 'R Us

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                        • ELVIS
                          Banned
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 44120
                          #7
                          Or a game station guitar...

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                            • jhale667
                              DIAMOND STATUS
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 20929
                              #8
                              Clearly a rip-off...yeah, the lawsuit's coming...
                              Originally posted by conmee
                              If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.

                              That is all.

                              Icon.
                              Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
                              I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667


                              Originally posted by Isaac R.
                              Then it's really true??:eek:

                              The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???

                              OMFG...who in their right mind...???
                              Originally posted by eddie78
                              I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.

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                                • sadaist
                                  TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                                  • Jul 2004
                                  • 11625
                                  #9
                                  Nothing he can really sue for if that guitar is just a trophy piece for the tourny. I used to wakeboard but had to quit about 10 years ago. Dang, looking at those pics...bindings have sure evolved quite a bit. Would be cool to have a custom EVH board.
                                  “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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                                    • ZahZoo
                                      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                      • Jan 2004
                                      • 8967
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by VAiN
                                      Seriously, unless they asked for permission.... that's just a rip-off.
                                      Could be Epiphone or Mastercraft licenced it from Ed...
                                      "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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                                        • twonabomber
                                          formerly F A T
                                          ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                          • Jan 2004
                                          • 11191
                                          #11
                                          not while Ed is "working" for Fender. no way Fender lets him license something to the competition.

                                          they probably don't have a claim since it isn't for sale. if the recipient tries to sell it on Ebay, i bet they'd be all over it.
                                          Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.

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                                            • Satan
                                              ROTH ARMY ELITE
                                              • Jan 2004
                                              • 6664
                                              #12
                                              That's far more blatant than anything a shoe company ever did.
                                              Eternally Under the Authority of Satan

                                              Originally posted by Sockfucker
                                              I've been in several mental institutions but not in Bakersfield.

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                                                • ZahZoo
                                                  ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                  • 8967
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by twonabomber
                                                  not while Ed is "working" for Fender. no way Fender lets him license something to the competition.

                                                  they probably don't have a claim since it isn't for sale. if the recipient tries to sell it on Ebay, i bet they'd be all over it.
                                                  I'd thought about that... I don't think Ed's working "for" Fender. EVH gear is another equipment line and FMC does the manufacturing. Could be possible Fender is working for Ed... More likely just a business partnership with Ed holding the keys.

                                                  Also Ed owns the copyright, trademark rights, etc. exclusively for the stripe pattern. Fender doesn't.

                                                  Both Mastercraft Boats and Gibson are pretty much legit, well established companies. They probably hired some graphic artist to design those guitars specifically as "trophies" with no intention of ever marketing them. Then it's just a simple matter of sending the design to Ed's Intellectual Property Goon Squad... Ed reviews and signs off on permission to use his design.

                                                  Given the profiles and companies involved... I'd assume their legal teams covered the legit bases up front rather than rip off a known guitar god unit.
                                                  "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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