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Subject:	Re: Florida AFoL Fest? And Greater Mid West Area (was: West Coast Brick Fest - concerns and hopes)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.events
Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2003 04:43:05 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Tim Courtney wrote: > In lugnet.events, Eric Sophie wrote: > > > Do you think the idea of a Brick Fest/Con happening so that all seasons could > > have an event to suit local Fans and potentials, plus the possiblitiy that a 5th > > Largest could occur in one of your territories as the 5th Mighty Spur of the 5! > > Eric & All - > I just want to clear up that BrickFest(tm) is a trademark of Brick Events, LLC. > They're keen on not seeing their trademark diluted, and rightfully so - since > they've put in an incredible amount of effort over the past four years to build > up BrickFest(tm) to what it is today. Please respect that. > > From what I know, the license of the name BrickFest(tm) to the PDX event is a > one-time deal, and future uses of the trademark will need to be approved for > each event. The very fact that they even considered this licensing shows a lot > of trust built up in those involved with the PDX event. > > -Tim OMG - Please oh please tell me we are not going to go down this road again. This is something that really irks me in such a major way its not even close to being funny. We are *very* aware of the (tm) and nobody is trying to hurt anybody, Maybe it should be taken as a compliment people try to strive to reach the same level as BF has. And BTW, this is the *very* reason I was not happy with the BFPDX name – one time shot or not. *sigh* I am very disappointed this has come up again, and know that since it has risen it will probably not end for a long time and every other word on Lugnet will have a (tm) thrown onto the end of it for a very, very long time. Not saying its wrong or you have no right to do it – but I am saying its very annoying. oh well, life shall continue(tm) Mark P http://www.landofbricks.com Mark P

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		Re: Florida AFoL Fest? And Greater Mid West Area (was: West Coast Brick Fest - concerns and hopes)
(...) The only reason I mentioned it is I noted the way Eric was referencing generic LEGO fan events as "BrickFest," and I had noted the quote below from this post: (URL) I think every event should be called Brick Fest. Then sling the name of the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)

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		Re: Florida AFoL Fest? And Greater Mid West Area (was: West Coast Brick Fest - concerns and hopes)
(...) Eric & All - I just want to clear up that BrickFest(tm) is a trademark of Brick Events, LLC. They're keen on not seeing their trademark diluted, and rightfully so - since they've put in an incredible amount of effort over the past four years (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.events)

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