13. March 2026 - Bird & Bird (the law firm representing HCU in the proceedings against PANArt) secures landmark ruling for Fender protecting iconic Stratocaster® design

<<The court found that the guitars unlawfully reproduced Fender’s iconic Stratocaster® body design, which qualifies as a copyrighted work of applied art under German and European law…>>

Link:
https://www.twobirds.com/en/news-and-deals/2026/germany/bird-and-bird-erstreitet-wegweisendes-urteil-fuer-fender-zum-schutz-des-stratocaster-designs

Blog Article About, published by “PANIVERSE.ORG”:
https://paniverse.org/hcu-vs-panart-a-profitable-long-running-saga/