The suit also alleges that when Haney became the steward of Abbott’s estate in 2020, she found it “incredibly difficult” to work with Dean CEO Evan Rubinson, and found him to be “incredibly disrespectful and often times belligerent to the legacy of Abbott”. The Razorback body shape trademark that Armadillo is alleged to have filed without permission. The suit also claims that Dean had filed, with co-defendant Concordia Investment Partners, for numerous “unauthorised and fraudulent” trademarks for the Razorback and Stealth body shapes and names, despite the original agreement allegedly stipulating that all designs and trademarks would remain the sole property of Dimebag and only giving Dean permission to continue using the body shapes after the agreement had ended. The suit claims that the Dimebag guitars doubled Dean’s sales inside two years, but that the company had neglected to make payments for various contract stipulations in the years since, and had attempted to “water down Abbott’s endorsement” when the contract was renegotiated while the estate was under the supervision of his older brother and Pantera/Damageplan bandmate, Vinnie Paul, who himself died in 2018. SEARCH DEAN GUITARS BY SERIAL NUMBER SERIESAbbott was tragically murdered just weeks later on 8 December 2004, but Dean continued to produce Dimebag guitars posthumously, releasing a series of models based on the Razorback and Stealth body shapes, as well as Dean’s existing ML design.
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