Gibson was granted exclusive rights to the silhouette of the Les Paul guitar body in 1993, which Fender cited as precedent for its own Stratocaster claims.
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With US courts closed off, Fender turned to Europe. German and EU intellectual property law is particularly favorable to product-design claims, and Fender identified a Chinese seller on AliExpress offering €60 Stratocaster copies shipping to Germany. Fender ordered one, confirmed it was delivered, filed suit in Düsseldorf, and won by default judgment when the Chinese seller didn't appear. The court ruled the Stratocaster qualifies as a copyrighted work of applied art under German and EU law — precisely the outcome US courts had refused to grant. Armed with that ruling, Fender began issuing cease-and-desist letters targeting not only the Chinese seller but boutique builders around the world, demanding they halt production and destroy inventory.
Fender won a lawsuit in Düsseldorf, Germany, by default judgment against a Chinese AliExpress seller who didn't appear in court, establishing Stratocaster design copyright under German and EU law.
Gibson was granted exclusive rights to the Les Paul body silhouette in 1993. Fender argues they deserve the same protection for the Stratocaster — but US courts disagree because the Strat has become the default image of electric guitar itself. That legal gap is what Fender is now trying to fill with a German ruling.
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