Lyndhurst, NJ
Intellectual property Lawyer at Lyndhurst, NJ
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Entertainment ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Positive outcome
Denial of Gibson's motion to dismiss, citing Bienstock & Michael's precedent setting case, Stuart Spector Designs Ltd. v. Fender Musical Instruments, 94 USPQ2d 1549, 1553 (TTAB 2009).
OUTCOME: Successful preliminary injunction win.
The Court granted Jack Charles Meussdorffer and Phantom Guitar Works, Inc's. (“PGW” and, collectively, the “Defendants”) motion for a preliminary injunction against Vox Amplification Ltd, Korg Inc. and ... Korg USA, Inc. (the “Plaintiffs”), be granted as to the Defendants’ Phantom word mark and Phantom Body Shape mark as applied to electric guitars. In addition, the Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss the Defendants’ First Amended Counterclaim, as well as a motion by the Plaintiffs’ to supplement the preliminary injunction record with a consumer survey were denied.
OUTCOME: Positive outcome
The federal Trademark and Trial Appeal Board agreed with 17 smaller guitar companies that the shapes of the Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision Bass have been so widely used for so long in the U.S. ... music industry that Fender alone does not own them Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/09/20090409sr-fender0410.html#ixzz3clrqPmLu
Ad
Transform legal challenges into solutions.
Connect now to review your situation.
