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  "path": "/2026/05/22/armed-with-german-copyright-fender-threatens-makers-of-strat-style-guitars.html",
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  "textContent": "Fender does not hold a U.S. copyright or trademark on the shape of its 1950s Stratocaster guitar, having failed in a years-long legal effort to control the use of a . The patents expired long ago; by the time Fender started slathering them with polyurethane in the 1970s, it was a classic. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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