Throwing an S-Fit over S-Style Guitars

Throwing an S-Fit over S-Style Guitars

Since winning, Fender has gone around sending cease and desist letters to many guitar-makers that make "S-Style" guitars.

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. — Read the rest The post Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars appeared first on Boing Boing.

“This is a PR disaster that will haunt Fender for years”: Two of guitar’s biggest YouTubers are cutting ties with Fender over its cease and desists

Fender has been widely criticized after it allegedly sent cease and desist letters to multiple builders that make Stratocaster-inspired guitars