I have seen many examples of Japanese companies using the trademarks of American companies in ways that would undoubtedly result in legal action in the US. This "Ganson" guitar is an unapologetic copy of a Gibson Les Paul Custom.
There is considerable legal precedent in the US that the headstock of a guitar is a copyrightable design and many companies ran into trouble in the '70s and '80s for copying designs from Gibson and Fender. This tradition continues in Japan as copyright is very weak in Japan even for Japanese products such as animation.
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