HUGE Fender Lawsuit News [14:28]

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1 posted on 03/11/2026 12:56:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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2 posted on 03/11/2026 12:57:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)

Stillwater - Mind Bender | 4:15
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3 posted on 03/11/2026 12:59:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)

Fender can suck it after they collaborated with Obama to punish Gibson for not bowing down to the purple lipped Kenyan.

4 posted on 03/11/2026 1:01:21 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)

To: Organic Panic

I agree 100%. I have not purchased a Fender product since.

5 posted on 03/11/2026 2:10:28 AM PDT by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)

To: sgt_lau; Organic Panic; SunkenCiv

The case involved electric guitars offered by Yiwu Philharmonic Musical Instruments Co., a China-based manufacturer and seller of electric guitars, on the global online retail platform AliExpress, including for shipment into Germany. The court found that the guitars unlawfully reproduced Fender’s iconic Stratocaster® body design, which qualifies as a copyrighted work of applied art under German and European law.

Tough call.

Fender a US company with skill US employees making an excellent product that is being copied in China using slave labor.

This product may be visually indistinguishable from the US product but made with inferior materials and craftsmanship.

The Chinese product is displacing the real thing in the marketplace and puts the jobs of US employees at risk. It also reduces the influx of foreign trade income to the US.

I have no idea if Fender management has changed since Obama but I am fairly certain that the employees of Fender have and that their political views are not monolithic.

My views on this subject are mixed.

On one hand I think that copyright life should be limited just as Patents are.

The copy rights on Disney's 'Song of the South' is still enforced 80 years after its release. Disney and every person that worked on the film is long dead. Yet the film can't be seen by anyone because of the small minded political correctness of those who control the copy rights to the film.

On the other hand the laws exist everyone should be treated equally under the law. Fender's interest should be protected the same as any other company.

6 posted on 03/11/2026 3:06:56 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)

Overlooked in all of this is the truth the guitar business is a complete disaster. There is a glut of electric guitars for sale everywhere. Many people bought guitars during the COVID lockdowns and now demand for guitars has fallen off a cliff.

7 posted on 03/11/2026 3:13:59 AM PDT by Gnome1949

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