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Patent attorney analysis asks how Fender can assert IP rights in the Stratocaster after decades of copying

Marks & Clerk published a practitioner analysis of Fender’s Stratocaster enforcement campaign, focusing on how the company can assert IP rights after decades of S-style copying and how a similar claim might be approached in the UK.

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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.

Legal analysis Law Commentary frames Fender’s campaign as a broader IP test for guitar makers Legal analysis Commentary argues Fender’s letters, not social media, drove the backlash Legal analysis IP Twins analyzes Fender’s copyright route after trademark limits around the Stratocaster shape