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From (URL) could corner Maori names 10 April 2001 By JONATHAN MILNE International toy company Lego could now prevent Maori from marketing toys with Maori names, intellectual property law specialist John Hackett said yesterday. "If a New Zealand (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) [snip] (...) Welcome to the Club! We have the "people" in the Wild West sets still being sold and the horrific images are still inproduction. When will LEGO get a clue on these issues? I don't think they ever will it's imbedded in the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You can copyright whatever you want. 'Ford' is an English word, but it doesn't mean anyone could call their motor car company by that name anymore. Saying that you can't copyright Maori words when you can any other language is discrimination. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had been under the impression (as in just assumed) that LEGO made up cool-sounding names from scratch. Is this report saying that LEGO took actual words from a language of an indigenous tribe in New Zealand and isn't giving credit where (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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Since Todd brought this back up, I'd been meaning to look into this myself...and have. Interestingly enough, looking at the box and tube from my Tahu/Vakama set from S@H, every catalog/mini catalog I have, the Bionicle and LEGO web sites and LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3ae4c155.227241...net.com... (...) if (...) them. (...) If you run the various names of people and places from Bionical through a search engine you will see they come up with lots of hits, (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) As you would expect. Let's just say indigenous people may view this sort of thing as a bit more important than non-indigenous people would. Like Todd, I thought Lego had thought these names up, even though they sounded Polynesian. Is the Lego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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"pete white" <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GCAz19.F4r@lugnet.com... (...) minifig (...) using (...) I though it was exactly the comparison Didnt this thread start in relationship to Maoris complaining that Lego had trademarked (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I used to know a guy whose last name is Lego. Maybe I should call and warn him. Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) So it's ok for a Danish company to use an English name but not a Maori one? Note that it was pointed out that TLC did not copyright or trademark the names (and even if they were trademarked, a trademark is in relation to a specific product (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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