Chibsons are not made in the Epiphone factory and have nothing to do with any guitars manufactured under liscense.
Completely different subject.
They are made to look exactly like a Gibson but extremely poor quality and very poor materials. The Les Paul have a paper thin veneer on the outside and underneath is nothing like what it should be, the electrics are just crap.
I own an Ephiphone that was made in the Gibson factory in 1983, one of the last that has Made by Gibson on the head stock.
I also have a Gibson, Fender, Cole Clark FL3AC and another old classical.
