Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars
Fender does not hold a U.S. copyright or trademark on the shape of its 1950s Stratocaster guitar, having failed in a years-long legal effort to control use of a now-generic design. By the time it started slathering them with polyurethane in the 1970s, the patents were expiring. But the company recently won a default ruling in an unoppos…
