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  Re: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
 
Your concern has merit. A posting on a news group could most definately be viewed a "prior art" and effectively prevent Lego from receiving a patent on the design. And from some of the Lego history I have viewed on the web they appear to be very (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
 
"DA" == David Arnon <arnon@NOSPAMsilicon-value.com> writes: DA> Given that TLC has a patent on its bricks design and still lost DA> the case against MegaBlocks (or was it another brand?) I think DA> that in any other scenario you should prepare for (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
 
(...) IANAL, but it seems to me that: Most of the pieces that were mentioned in this thread (and other related threads) are simple modifications of existing pieces (make XYZW part shorter, separate ABCD into two pieces, remove the bump from 1234...) (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
 
(...) If I suggested the part, I'd be VERY glad they made it, as it would probably already be "built" into many MOCs that couldn't be built without it. -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support | Netscape Communications Corp | A division (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Legal ramifications of posting? (Was: Re: A campaign for sun and planet gears)
 
"SB" == Simon Bennett <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> writes: SB> I have a plan to go back over these posts and compile a list, SB> perhaps to suggest that we could model some in LDRAW so we can see SB> how they might work. What do people think? What (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)


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