I found this on the Suhr site.
Apparently Fender is trying to put all of the makers of similar shaped guitars out of business, eg Lentz, Suhr, Melancon, Anderson, Grosh, et al, or force them to pay royalties on the body shapes.
While this forum is dedicated to fans of Fender, I think it would be better if Fender would compete in the marketplace by, say building better guitars
Anyway, I think there is some attempt at getting the high end makers of custom guitars together to fight this.
If anyone here knows any custom builders, perhaps they should be kept informed of whats going on.