Subj : Re: Fender guitar lawsuits in Europe
To   : Adept
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Jun 12 2026 09:20 am

  Re: Re: Fender guitar lawsuits in Europe
  By: Adept to Nightfox on Fri Jun 12 2026 08:42 am

 Ad> do; I'm mostly interested in it because of the intersection with
 Ad> patent/copyright/etc.

I've heard Fender's guitar headstock shape is patented (or copyrighted?) in the US, whereas their guitar body shapes are not.  That's why you (generally) don't see any other guitar makers making guitars with the exact same headstock shape in the US, but plenty with Strat & Tele bodies.

Nightfox
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