This one really bothers me: Leo Fender himself declined to copyright the Strat body Leo Fender himself sold "Strat clones" of the exact variety Fender Corp is

This one really bothers me: Leo Fender himself declined to copyright the Strat body Leo Fender himself sold "Strat clones" of the exact variety Fender Corp is trying to ban, after the sold the Fender name. I own one. So Fender Corp is trying to retroactively assert that Leo Fender stole his own design from Fender Corp in 1979, they didn't have any issue for 47 years, but now because a Chinese company didn't show up in German court, they have eternal license to the design Leo Fender explicitly chose not to sell them. Fuck Fender. My Jazz Bass is still my favorite instrument, I've had it 20 years and played hundreds of gigs, but I guess I'm never buying another