A court filing has cast serious doubts over the future of Dean Guitars and its parent company Armadillo Enterprises, which has been described as being “in the throes of death”. Dean’s various legal ...

Dean Guitars owner Armadillo Enterprises has won the right to a retrial in its ongoing trademark dispute with Gibson Brands. The dispute refers to Dean’s use of the V and Z shapes, alongside the ...

Jurors said Dean infringed Gibson's famous guitar designs, but awarded the company just $4,000 in damages. By Bill Donahue A federal jury mostly sided with Gibson Brands on Friday (May 27) in a ...

Gibson has won a decisive victory over Dean in its trademark infringement case over trademark infringement of its electric and acoustic guitars. "The court’s decision by jury today, to uphold Gibson’s ...

In the latest development in the Gibson vs Dean trademark battle, Dean has levelled a number of accusations against the guitar giant, including dealer interference ...

A second jury has found Dean Guitars guilty of trademark infringement of Gibson’s guitar designs. But the verdict is not a slam dunk for Gibson. Dean Guitars’ parent company Armadillo was found guilty ...

A federal jury has for a second time sided with Gibson Brands in its years-long trademark battle with Armadillo Enterprises, the owner of Dean Guitars. Initiated in 2019, when Gibson sued Armadillo ...

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is responsible for some of heavy metal’s most memorable riffs, and since 2006, Mustaine has been working with one of the most metal companies, Dean Guitars, to create a ...