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Post subject: Re: Why doesn't Fender go after the "clones" in the market?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:56 pm
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There's no way a company with such iconic bass and guitar designs like Fender would've stayed shut down for long.


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Post subject: Re: Why doesn't Fender go after the "clones" in the market?
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:46 am
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seismic wrote:
Fender does actively defend their patents and trademarks and it isn't inexpensive to do so. If company 'x' starts calling their electric Bass a "Jazz Bass", Fender's attorneys will enforce their claim to the trademark.


start right around paragraph 10 on this page http://www.fender.com/legal/terms-of-use/

Yes....we DO actively defend our patents and trademarks.

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Post subject: Re: Why doesn't Fender go after the "clones" in the market?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:48 am
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seismic wrote:
Fender does actively defend their patents and trademarks and it isn't inexpensive to do so. If company 'x' starts calling their electric Bass a "Jazz Bass", Fender's attorneys will enforce their claim to the trademark.


And it's for that reason that I plan to call my Jazz Bass clone the "azz Bass" (because "J-Bass" is also trademarked) :)


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Post subject: Re: Why doesn't Fender go after the "clones" in the market?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:19 am
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I want to call my Jazz bass " Hork". It's a very nice bass.


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Post subject: Re: Why doesn't Fender go after the "clones" in the market?
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:13 am
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And for that matter, why doesn't Gibson?

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