A two-man business in Denton County is facing off against a major music company over their name.
The north Texas business is called Win-D-Fender. They make and sells wind guards and sound monitors so people can play a flute even in a strong wind.
According to a GoFundMe page, Win-D-Fender (pronounced "Wind Defender") started as a music teacher's lifelong dream to create high quality flute accessories for flutists, designed by flutists.
Now the owners are facing a legal battle with world-wide guitar giant Fender.
Reports say Fender, famous for thier instruments, wants Nathan Mark Dooly and Clem Kwok to cancel their trademark, which was approved three years ago without objection.
Fender reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter last summer and has filed a petition to cancel the Win-D-Fender trademark.
"We humbly ask for help funding a legal defense for our trademark, which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office" said a statment from the company. "The United States government protects our registered trademark; however, that doesn't prevent other companies with greater resources from engaging in expensive legal actions or filing lawsuits."
Kwok and Dooly have started a GoFundMe to support their legal defense. "We do not have the funds to sustain a long legal defense against such a large company. Fender continues breaking sales records, including six years of consecutive double digit growth, during which Win-D-Fender registered its trademarked name." (Williams, 2020)
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