Boss/Behringer lawsuit settled

[glenn in NC]

Tried to post this in news but I'm just a serf with restricted posting privies. Mods, please move this post if not appropriate.

Behringer/Roland Legal Battle Settled
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Roland and Behringer have announced that they have settled a lawsuit over the trade dress of the parties’ respective lines of guitar effects pedals. The other terms of the settlement are confidential.

Behringer last year introduced a line of pedals that some in the industry viewed as "clones" of popular Roland/Boss pedals. Behringer has made modifications to the line.

Dennis Houlihan, President of Roland Corporation U. S. commented: “We are satisfied that Behringer's current line of guitar pedals is now sufficiently different from the trade dress of the famous BOSS brand of pedals.”

Michael Deeb, CEO of Behringer, commented: “We have great respect for Roland and are pleased that our new line of guitar pedals is enjoying great success in the market.”
http://www.podcastingnews.com/news/0...nd_Settle.html

[superbassman2000]

I wonder what they look like now...

digitech maybe

I think moog would be clever

[Minger]

Still, I've heard some good things about these pedals...Probalby worth a look when I'm checkin out a tuner or something.

[RiseOfTheWooten]

Originally Posted by Minger

Still, I've heard some good things about these pedals...Probalby worth a look when I'm checkin out a tuner or something.

What have you heard bout the Behringer pedals?

[tplyons]

Originally Posted by glenn in NC

Tried to post this in news but I'm just a serf with restricted posting privies. Mods, please move this post if not appropriate.

Well, just about anywhere but here is good...

[DaftCat]

I have the following Behringer pedals.

BASS EQ - Like
Chorus - Like
BASS OD - Don't Like
Flanger - Don't like
Delay - On Order

I get to take the ones I don't like back for a refund also.
Thanks for the newspost, btw.

[superbassman2000]

they have a delay out?

i might have check that out for a cheap circuit bending experiment

[SuperDuck]

I'm glad to see that the effects pedal market isn't magically immune from the "evils" of reverse engineering.