“The company disagrees with Fender’s assessment”: PRS has been hit by a cease-and-desist from Fender – bringing John Mayer’s Silver Sky into the center of the S-style legal dispute

PRS Silver Sky and Fender Stratocaster.

PRS has been confirmed as one of the firms that has received a cease-and-desist letter from Fender in its bid to enforce legal protection for the Stratocaster.

After it was revealed that Fender had launched a new legal campaign to protect the Strat design off the back of a default copyright ruling in Germany, speculation began to emerge over the identities of those affected.