Fender has scored a massive legal victory after a German court ruled in its favour that the body design of the Stratocaster was “an original creative work” – offering a broad range of legal protections for the iconic electric guitar design.
The Regional Court of Düsseldorf’s decision means that the Strat is protected from copycat designs in Germany and the EU – no matter where these guitars have been produced. Companies that infringe upon the ruling liable to punitive fines.
