Rickenfaker or not?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:27 am

No wait for these at those prices, I'll betcha...

Somewhere in the Czech Republic there's an acre and a half of these behind a used car dealership...

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:32 am

He plays in a band called Pierrot, they are huge overseas.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WriynciLGvA

jim_morris · Post by **jim_morris** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:51 am

The design is clearly RIC-influenced but I can't decide whether it's over the line or not. If you're talking about a 4004 then I'd have to say it's a faker.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu May 10, 2007 8:04 am

When they do such a bad job of impersonating, I don't understand why they go through the effort. In the same vein, I would never mistake this gentleman for Marilyn Monroe...

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu May 10, 2007 8:05 am

Can I get an "EEEEEeeeeewwww?"

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:25 am

I like the Zeeba wun......Zeeba taste goooood....tone on my tongue.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:31 am

Way to go Barry! Another Pearls freak!

martinh · Post by **martinh** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:00 am

Eeeyuck.....not my cup of tea; Maybe when I was 17, I would have liked it. However, I've got a couple of Japanese ESP's, and they do make some very good quality instruments.

My attorney opinion:
{1} Probably not close enough for a trademark variation, although the shape of the top bout comes very close.
{2} Probably not sold directly in the US anyway, so it's likely impossible to get jurisdiction under the Lanham act, and,
{3} at $3800, unlikely to displace the 4003/4004 in the market anyway.

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:12 pm

Thats right John ....RICs before swine !