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Gibson sued Ibanez over their copies of Gibson models made in Japan in the 1970's. The suit specifically was for trademark infringement by Ibanez over the copying of Gibson's "open book" headstock design. Ibanez settled out of court, agreeing to no longer copy the Gibson headstock design. Although no other Japanese maker that was producing copies was sued, since then many people refer to any 70's Japanese copy (by any manufacturer) of an American design as a "lawsuit" guitar.

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