There are actually a lot of twists in this story. One of the blogs I follow primarily deals with IP, copyrights, trademarking, etc and they cover this story from a slightly different angle. I also have a LP (the studio lite model).

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110829/00215015722/feds-raid-gibson-musicians-now-worried-govt-will-take-their-guitars-away.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110901/17314515772/gibson-ceo-us-government-wont-even-tell-us-what-law-they-think-weve-violated.shtml