Fender Escalates Stratocaster Copyright Fight, Taking Aim at Yamaha
By Nathan Gomes, Nandan Mandayam and Stephen Nellis July 14 Fender, the U.S. maker of the iconic Stratocaster electric guitar played by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has widened its legal campaign to defend the guitar's design with a notice letter sent to Yamaha, the Japanese...