For nearly a decade, Upper Nazareth Township’s Martin Guitar has worked through official channels in China to regain the rights to its trademark, the recognizable “C.F. Martin & Co… ...

A Martin is a Martin is a Martin. The world-renowned guitar manufacturer based in Upper Nazareth Township on Thursday announced victory in its fight against cheap knockoffs from China.

Martin doesn’t make guitars in China, only at a plant in Nazareth that employs about 500 and at one in Mexico. But the company is hoping to expand exports to China, Martin said.

No, the dissonance coming from Chris Martin, chairman and chief executive officer of the company, is by way of China, where copycat Martin guitars are sold, legally. Martin held a news conference ...

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In January, CPB officers seized another 36 counterfeit guitars in a separate shipment from China that, if genuine, would have been valued at roughly $160,000, the agency stated.