Gibson Corporation recently sent out a release that it has brought a lawsuit against various retailers that are carrying Guitar Hero products. The guitar company is contending that the video game infringes on one of their U.S. patents. Activision has already issued a statement decrying the suit.

"Gibson Guitar took this action reluctantly, but is required to protect its intellectual property and will continue to do so against any other person in accordance with the law and its rights," read the statement by Gibson. "Gibson had tried to settle this issue by negotiating directly with Activision as soon as the patent filed through one of Gibson's divisions was discovered and validated by outside counsel. Activision chose to initiate litigation without notice to Gibson. Now Gibson must pursue enforcement of its patent which predates the launch of the Guitar Hero game by several years."