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Re: using "lego" in domain names
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:55:38 GMT
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mattdm@mattdmSTOPSPAMMERS.org
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote:
> At the time he assumed it was because he had the 2000 technic pictures
> posted on his site, but it turned out, I believe (following a discussion at
> the UK LEGOFest), to be due to the fact he had recently registered the
> domain name "technic-uk.co.uk". Clearly they treat TM infringements in this
> way very seriously.
Not to sound nitpicky, but that'd be "they treat what they perceive to be TM
infringments"....
"Technic" may be a trademark of the Lego Company, but it's also an
English-language word dating back at least to 1760. (In one sense, it has
basically the same meaning as "technique", but it has several other senses.)
How can one determine from technic-uk.co.uk that this has anything to do
with tLC's trademark? One can't. In fact, it sounds more like something
having to do with UK technology. Manufacturing, maybe.
Now, if one looks at this page and there's issues with trademark confusion
or defamation or other misuse, that's a problem. But there's no way a domain
name like this in and of itself can be in violation.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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| To add to my point -- you know all of those people using "brick" as part of their site names? Well, "brick" is a registered trademark of several different organization. Any one of these, by the logic of "no trademarks in domain names" could (and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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| Matthew is absolutely right. Many companies try to take their trademark nonsense way too far, usually without legal basis. I remember a recent case (perhaps relevant here, noting Matthew's web address) where Toys'R'Us was going after a collecting (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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| Adrian Drake <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:FMqx9F.4Aw@lugnet.com... (...) need a (...) lego (...) Michael Edwards mentioned last week in the 2000 scans thread that he had a phone call from LEGO Denmark legal department, which he was not in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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