{"id":367359,"date":"2026-07-16T21:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=367359"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:07:01","slug":"guitar-maker-fender-sues-german-retailer-thomann-in-copyright-dispute-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/guitar-maker-fender-sues-german-retailer-thomann-in-copyright-dispute-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar maker Fender sues German retailer Thomann in copyright dispute &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Fender, which makes the \u201cStratocaster\u201d electric guitar made famous by musicians equivalent to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has filed a lawsuit in a German court against the instrument retailer Thomann, alleging copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>The filing in a regional German court in D\u00fcsseldorf this week comes after Fender won copyright protection in 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price points for many years, with the form becoming so \u200bubiquitous that it serves because the generic emoji symbol for \u201cguitar\u201d in most major \u200boperating systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fender\u2019s move to implement a copyright around it, including against boutique guitar builders, ignited an \u200conline backlash amongst some guitar influencers.<\/p>\n<p>Thomann in June filed a legal motion called a \u201cdeclaration of non-infringement\u201d against Fender, arguing that Fender didn&#8217;t have a sound copyright to the Strat body shape, partly since the Fender ruling in March got here in \u200bthe shape of a \u200bdefault judgment against \u2060a smaller online seller that didn&#8217;t show up in D\u00fcsseldorf court to challenge Fender\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>In its filing this week, \u200bFender said it sells about 500,000 Strats per yr, with \u200b34,000 of \u2060those sold in Germany. 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