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The IPKat places the Stratocaster ruling in the wider applied-art copyright trend
The IPKat published a legal analysis explaining the Düsseldorf default judgment through the broader European treatment of applied-art copyright, comparing the Stratocaster decision with other product-design cases and emphasizing originality, overall impression and the autonomy of copyright from trademark protection.
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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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