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Nashville Alters New Years Eve Guitar Drop Due to Trademark Issue

By Mandour & Associates on December 29, 2011
Posted in Trademark News

hard_rock_cafe.jpgIPNews® – The city of Nashville is having to make a last-minute change to the centerpiece of its New Years Eve festivities.  For the last two years, the Music City had a large, glowing Gibson guitar dropping over Lower Broadway to ring in the New Year. 

Now, because the Hard Rock Café, which owns the trademark…

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