Now, Martin can sell its guitars in China without fear of a challenge and can work with China’s trademark enforcement authorities to crack down on companies manufacturing fake guitars under the ...

C.F. Martin & Co. Inc. says it regained ownership of three key trademarks, capping a battle begun in 2005 over counterfeit guitars made in China bearing its label.

Nazareth’s C.F. Martin & Co. has put nearly two centuries and plenty of sweat into perfecting its beloved acoustic guitars. The name has earned a reputation for quality across the music industry ...

No, the dissonance coming from Chris Martin, chairman and chief executive officer of the company, is by way of China, where copycat Martin guitars copycat Martin guitars ...

China is by far the biggest consumer and its imports of rosewood soared 5,000 percent in the past decade. U.S. guitar makers have been hurt by the trade restrictions.

China imported nearly 2 million cubic meters of rosewood logs in 2014, ... The family-owned C.F. Martin & Co. has been making guitars in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley since the 1830s.

For example, 989,621 acoustic guitars were imported from China and 187,722 acoustic guitars were imported from Mexico in 2024, according to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission.

STERLING, Va. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport recently intercepted 85 counterfeit guitars, their second large-scale instrument seizure at ...