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I've researched the cream trademark and all other color trademarks as a full-time "hobby" for ...nearly 18 years. I basically spend most of my free time reading case histories, ruling, laws, etc and compiling stuff. It's a major life-mission of mine to see the Mark overturned. That was a...

Here's some text from a 2005 attempt by Dimarzio to register yet another color... this comes from the trademark application documents. These are just some of the examiners notes, which you can see in full here Edited to remove various cited cases. Serial Number 78/582551 The assigned...

Actually, the cosmetic/aethetic angle works squarely against them, because pickups are combined with instruments to make a harmonious whole. I have spoken with dozens of IP attorneys over the years that I have done work for, as well as law professors teaching IP law. Not a single one of...

Examples of Functional Use of Colors. The following is a list of examples of product colors held to be unprotectable because they were held to be functional: • Amber mouthwash: functional because amber liquid signifies an unflavored, medicinal mouthwash[FN1] • Black bottle for soft drink...

No, the Dimarzio trademark is on the double-cream color. No zebra involved. In Coke's case, red is not a "fucntional" color. You are correct. I am not the person being sued. Dimarzio is suing a competitor of mine. However, I certainly WOULD stick my neck out, and I am. I am putting a...

If it has humbucker moutning rings, SG's are a piece of cake. No arch to the top to fit the cover to. An SG was the first fitting I did of the 3D printed beta-covers. It may be possible to do them for "pickguard-suspended" SG's by using a pickguard cut to accept the cover..

Not at all. At least, not on any of the guitars we've fit it to. There may be some issues with some guitar brands that have very small, tight routs. In those cases, we'll massage the pickup itself. Looks like this. You can see where we've indented the corners of the lower base-plate and...

Hey Stefan! I found this site while doing some searching for our Kickstarter campaign shares and judging response.. Now that I'm not bogged down with catching up on email, I'll give those clips a listen to! Sounds good!

I wanted to drop by and thank the person who shared this here. I'm not sure who you are, but thanks! I went in a different direction with my design, choosing not to compromise and make a pickup that fits under a humbucker-sized cover. The coil of a P90 is too large, and won't fit unless...