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Subject: 
Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
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lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 04:25:32 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Mark Papenfuss writes:
I have decided to put 2 Soft brick lots up on Ebay, there are a few bricks
in each one, see item description for details.

Lot 1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1737790198

Lot 2
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1737791424

Their are a few other lego listings as well as 90% of my older hot wheels
collection, so please check them out also.

So-- what's the policy on using the Lego logo on Ebay auction pages? I mean,
I guess you can't help it if it appears in a photo that you take of the
product, and probably as such would be allowed... But I get the feeling that
if you just used a logo gif, people would object... Maybe not? If so, what
about a photo of the box, zoomed in on the logo? Geez, I feel like a lawyer...

DaveE



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
 
(...) I honestly think you need to get out more, David. You are taking this much to seriously. If the Lego group had a problem with their logo on Ebay auctions, you think they would have stepped up and filed a lawsuit years ago. (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
  Re: Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
 
(...) You ask good questions. One of them I can answer rather quickly, the other is a bit tougher. First, copyright does not confer to a copyright owner the right to stop people from displaying goods, or pictures of the goods, for sale. See U.S. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Soft Bricks on ebay!
 
I have decided to put 2 Soft brick lots up on Ebay, there are a few bricks in each one, see item description for details. Lot 1 (URL) 2 (URL) are a few other lego listings as well as 90% of my older hot wheels collection, so please check them out (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.auction)

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