Recently, there has been a rash of counterfeit D'Addario products being sold throughout the world. Unscrupulous merchants have copied D'Addario packaging and product designs carefully and are illegally and unethically trading on D'Addario's 300+ year heri   (more...)

Third parties are selling counterfeit goods under the Xotic trademark. These counterfeit products do not have Xotic's warranty and are unlikely to perform as well as authentic Xotic products. Sale of such goods infringes Xotic's rights and can result in   (more...)

Some auction websites currently have hundreds of instruments that look like Ibanez guitars and/or feature trademarked Ibanez headstocks and logos. These guitars do not offer the feel, sound, and quality that musicians expect from Ibanez. In fact, most are   (more...)

"Protecting our consumers' investments and the Gibson name is paramount," says Ric Olsen, Director of Security and Loss Prevention at Gibson. "The ultimate goal here is that we want people to be happy Gibson customers. We're trying to prote   (more...)