Timeline entry
The Wall Street Journal covers the brewing fight over the Stratocaster shape
The Wall Street Journal brought the dispute into broader business coverage, describing Fender’s attempt to assert control over the Stratocaster body shape after the German ruling, the cease-and-desist letters and the backlash from boutique builders and players.
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Timeline context
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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