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Intellectual Property

Dec. 24, 2010

Gibson Blocks Toy Guitar Sales

Gibson Guitar Corp. obtained a preliminary injunction Wednesday for trademark infringement against WOWWEE USA Inc., maker of hot-selling cardboard toy guitars.


By Anna Scott


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Gibson Guitar Corp. obtained a preliminary injunction Wednesday for trademark infringement against WOWWEE USA Inc., maker of the hot-selling cardboard toy guitars Paper Jamz, and its retailers. The initial complaint, filed by Gibson in U.S. District Court, Central District of California on Nov. 18, allege that Paper Jamz products illegally copy the shapes and designs of Gibson's Les Paul and Flying V, Explor...

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