Dean has responded to a federal jury’s decision to back Gibson in its copyright infringement battle against the Razorback luthier, branding it a “complex verdict”. The two firms have ...

For instance, the jury decision finds that Gibson should have known Dean Guitars was selling product using its Explorer and Flying V marks as early as 1976 and 1977—the first two years of the ...

Armadillo Enterprises (Dean Guitars), a Texas federal jury has once ... confirming that its guitar shapes, including the Flying V, Explorer, and SG, remain protected trademarks,” the statement ...