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Law Commentary frames Fender’s campaign as a broader IP test for guitar makers
Law Commentary covered Fender’s cease-and-desist campaign as an intellectual-property test for guitar makers, focusing on the Düsseldorf default judgment, Fender’s use of German and EU copyright law, and the unresolved line between protected Stratocaster design and decades of S-style reinterpretation.
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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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