www.news.com -- Gibson is going after sellers of the Guitar Hero game over virtual-reality guitar-playing infringes on their patent. ...Read More
Comment #1 by vBoogieMan on March 21, 2008 at 12:07am
I'd like to read the patent!!! How come Gibson never came out with a game? They just wrote a patent and waited for someone else to make a great game to sue? And why the hell are they waiting for three years with licensing their brand name to Activision to put on their controllers. I love my two Gibson GH guitars! Now I read they filed a lawsuit to stop Walmart, Amazon, GameStop, Kmart, Target and Toys 'R Us to stop selling Guitar Hero? Mkaes me pissed off that I just bought a Gibson Les Paul. Isn't Gibson already making huge bucks selling guitars?
Comment #2 by vBoogieMan on March 21, 2008 at 5:31pm
…The Activision lawsuit against Gibson may surprise the many “Guitar Hero” fans who have played the game, because to do so requires holding officially licensed replica Gibson guitars. It would have seemed these two companies got along: The guitars for the first “Guitar Hero” games were modeled from Gibson SGs, the Xbox 360 version of “Guitar Hero II” included a replica Gibson X-Plorer, and the controller for “Guitar Hero III” is based on Gibson Les Paul.
It seems, however, that Activision isn’t interested in Gibson guitars appearing in future “Guitar Hero” games; a letter submitted as evidence as part of Activision’s suit suggests that any Activision-Gibson guitar deal is dead. In fact, Activision claims that is the reason for Gibson’s complaint.
Comment #3 by vBoogieMan on March 21, 2008 at 5:36pm
In a March 10 letter to Gibson’s attorney, Activision lawyer Mary Tuck wrote: “As I indicated previously, Gibson knew about the Guitar Hero games for nearly three years, but did not raise it’s patent until it became clear that Activision was not interesting in renewing the License and Marketing Support Agreement. Gibson’s delay suggests that its infringement assertions are not being made in good faith, and it has provided no justification for its conduct.”
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