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Analysis argues Fender may be seeking a larger U.S. showdown over S-style rights
Guitar World covered Mike P. of El Dorado Guitars’ theory that the European ruling and cease-and-desist campaign may be part of a strategy to reopen the U.S. body-shape question after Fender’s earlier trademark defeat.
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This note is one entry in the AltGuitar Legal Timeline — a chronological record of the Fender-style guitar-shape dispute, court rulings, cease-and-desist reports and market reactions. See the full timeline for the surrounding context.
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