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Re: Dillution of trade name
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lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:14:10 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Ray Sanders wrote:
> Dear LEGO,
> 
>  While shopping yesterday in a relatively new US WalMart store, I noted that the
> various sections of the toy department have little banner signs hanging out from
> the top of the stock shelves. These seemed to be placed in such a way so that
> you can see them when peering down an aisle from the main aisle. The one over
> the LEGO brand toy section was titled "Legos" (with that capitilization and
> punctuation). I'm not sure if this was done like this with permission of TLG. At
> first glance, it would seem to be an incorrect usage and potentially a trademark
> dillution. The sign in question was one of the newer dark gray signages that
> WalMark is transitioning to. If you want the location of the store, please
> contact me privately.
> 
> thanks, Ray Sanders


I have also noticed this in some of the Atlanta-area Wal-Mart stores.

Scott Lyttle



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  Re: Dillution of trade name
 
Calling "lego" "legos" must be an american thing; I have never heard it used in the UK. Interestingly, searching loc.uk for "legos" got hits for "lego's". Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)

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Dear LEGO, While shopping yesterday in a relatively new US WalMart store, I noted that the various sections of the toy department have little banner signs hanging out from the top of the stock shelves. These seemed to be placed in such a way so that (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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