[ElRay]

Originally Posted by tonywozere

yeah fanned frets are so awesome. mind you one has to be careful what one says about them nowadays, might get sued for copyright infringement

Are you talking about the EXPIRED Novax patent?

1. Novax's patent EXPIRED years ago
2. The Novax patent NEVER covered the concept of compound-scaled, aka multi-scaled, aka splayed-fret, aka waterfall-frets, aka fanned-frets.
3. The Novax patent only covered a flawed method for laying-out the frets. It only worked correctly with parallel-sided fretboards.
4. Novax NEVER taught his "patented" method for laying out the frets. Anybody who payed the bogus licensing fee was taught the parallel scale method of laying out frets.
5. Novax does have a valid trademark on the term "Fanned Frets".
6. Novax did have an aggressive business manager that bullied/extorted licensing fees from luthiers via the threat of litigation.

That said, the ONLY thing that Novax & Company could do is sue you for trademark violation, if you sold guitars with compound-scaled, aka multi-scaled, aka splayed-fret, aka waterfall-frets and you called them "Fanned Frets".