{"id":29020,"date":"2020-02-20T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29020"},"modified":"2020-02-20T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:20:32","slug":"darryl-wilson-calls-guitar-trademark-suit-an-interesting-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/02\/20\/darryl-wilson-calls-guitar-trademark-suit-an-interesting-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Darryl Wilson calls guitar trademark suit &#8216;an interesting case&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Sean Kinane<br><em>88.5 WMNF<\/em><br>Dec. 26, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Wilson-Darryl-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Associate Dean Darryl Wilson\" class=\"wp-image-21026\"\/><figcaption>Associate Dean Darryl Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most famous guitar manufacturers in the world is suing a much smaller company that makes guitars in Tampa;\u00a0Gibson\u00a0is suing Tampa\u2019s\u00a0Armadillo Enterprises, which makes guitars under the\u00a0Dean\u00a0and\u00a0Luna\u00a0brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson says three Dean or Luna guitars violate its trademarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Law professor\u00a0Darryl Wilson, an associate dean at\u00a0Stetson University College of Law, calls it \u201can interesting case from the standpoint of when you think of a trademark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMuch like any dispute in trademark law, though, what the judge will be looking at is whether or not the protected subject matter is distinctive. You need something to be distinctive in order to be able to get a trademark registration for it in the first place. And then, also, on the other end: has it been adequately policed once the trademark was procured? Or, has it been allowed to be used by the general public in a manner that gives rise to a claim that it\u2019s generic?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;width:100px;margin: 20px 0px 15px 0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 11.5px;line-height:18px;padding-bottom:15px;\">The complete article was originally published on the 88.5 WMNF website on Dec. 26, 2019, with the headline, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/gibson-is-suing-tampas-armadillo-enterprises-over-guitar-trademarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gibson is suing Tampa\u2019s Armadillo Enterprises over guitar trademarks<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sean Kinane88.5 WMNFDec. 26, 2019 Excerpt One of the most famous guitar manufacturers in the world is suing a much smaller company that makes guitars in Tampa;\u00a0Gibson\u00a0is suing Tampa\u2019s\u00a0Armadillo Enterprises, which makes guitars under the\u00a0Dean\u00a0and\u00a0Luna\u00a0brands. 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