In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, a looming IP war over guitars, a ruling on Drake's online casino case, a history of song leak lawsuits and much more.
A Fender Stratocaster electric guitar owned by Jeff Beck is displayed on January 14, 2025 in London, England.
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THE BIG STORY: Is Fender about to sue the entire guitar industry?
In May, the company started sending cease-and-desist letters to Yamaha, PRS and other guitar makers. They claimed Fender had recently won copyright protection over the iconic design of the Stratocaster electric guitar — and that look-alike “Strat-shaped” guitars would amount to an infringement of those rights.
