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Fender speaks out on its cease-and-desist strategy

Guitar World reported Fender’s explanation of its enforcement strategy, including the company’s framing that the focus is on products that closely replicate the Stratocaster body design rather than on every S-style guitar.

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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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