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Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:04:28 GMT
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Hi Matt,

"mat" <mjeffery@seatonhs.sa.edu.au> writes:

The LEGO trademark on the standard brick must have expired years ago,

don't confuse trademarks (which don't expire),
patents (which do 20 years after filing), and
copyright (which expire 70 years ofter the death of the creator).

Here LEGO had a patent on the shape of the blocks, which expired long ago,
but the trademark is invalid because the shape is dictated by
technical requirements.


Jürgen

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  Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
 
(...) Well, that's fair enough. The LEGO trademark on the standard brick must have expired years ago, it's only the fact that the community automatically associates said brick design with LEGO that prevented Megabloks taking it for themselves ages (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)

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