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Fender intensifies its S-style guitar enforcement after the Düsseldorf ruling

MusicRadar reported that Fender’s post-ruling enforcement had intensified around S-style guitar designs, bringing the legal question into the gear press spotlight.

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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.

Media coverage Reports say Fender’s Stratocaster crackdown has begun with cease-and-desist letters Market impact Commentary connects Fender’s legal campaign with ownership and financial pressure Cease-and-desist LsL Instruments says it received a cease-and-desist over S-style guitars