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Fender breaks silence and frames the campaign as fair competition
Yamaha Musicians reported Fender’s first on-record statement defending the campaign as support for originality and fair competition, while noting the approaching 25 May deadline.
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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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