GIBSON
GIBSON brings heritage, craftsmanship and rock-history value to Class 15. The mark is famous enough to work as both a musical-instrument example and a broader cultural reference point. It gives the page authority around guitars, instrument design and musician-led brand recognition.
UK IPO Record
- Application Number
- UK00918143234
- Word Mark
- Gibson
- Status
- Registered
- Applied
- 25 October 2019
- Registered
- 13 February 2020
- Next Renewal
- 25 October 2029
- Owner
- Gibson, Inc.
- Nice Classes
- Class 15
Trademark Classification
Nice Class 15 covers musical instruments. View all Class 15 trademarks and case studies →
Brand History & Trademark Analysis
Gibson Brands became involved in a multi-year dispute with UK company John Hornby Skewes (JHS) beginning in 2014, concerning registered UK trademarks for guitar body shapes including the SG, Explorer, ES, and Flying V designs. In a separate European case, Gibson lost a 3D trademark dispute over its V-shaped guitar body. These cases illustrate the difficulty of trademarking functional product shapes in the musical instrument industry.