Earlier this week, a shockwave rocked the guitar industry after it was confirmed that Fender had started sending out cease and desist letters, allegedly demanding companies that made S-style electric guitars to halt production.
An escalation of Fender’s re-energized desire to protect the Stratocaster body shape, the move came weeks after a Regional Court of Dusseldorf established a legal precedent in Germany and gave Fender the legal right to “protect its designs in global commerce”.
