Anyone who thought some guitars on the market were Gibsons but in fact were Deans raise your hands! Anyone? I guess if you thought you bought a Gibson while the headstock says Dean I'd say you're probably still clueless. And happy until maybe now when you've been enlightened.
Exactly! That's why the mention of counterfeiting in the video is so stupid. As the link in Brad's post above shows, Gibson lost a counterfeiting claim in 2016.
What bothers me is that this was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, a well-known judicial hellhole favoring plaintiffs. Hopefully Dean/Armadillo can get the venue changed since there's no legitimate reason to file it there except to game the system.
It looks like this was filed before the video came out. Now we know why the video was made.
Dean had making the models in question for about 20 years before Gibson got trademarks on their body shapes in the late 1990s. This would be a perfect opportunity for Dean and other companies to join together and petition for a cancellation of those trademarks.
