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Subject:	Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
Newsgroups:	lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:04:28 GMT
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Hi Matt, "mat" <mjeffery@seatonhs.sa.edu.au> writes: > > The LEGO trademark on the standard brick must have expired years ago, don't confuse trademarks (which don't expire), patents (which do 20 years after filing), and copyright (which expire 70 years ofter the death of the creator). Here LEGO had a patent on the shape of the blocks, which expired long ago, but the trademark is invalid because the shape is dictated by technical requirements. Jürgen -- Jürgen Stuber <juergen@jstuber.net> http://www.jstuber.net/ gnupg key fingerprint = 2767 CA3C 5680 58BA 9A91 23D9 BED6 9A7A AF9E 68B4

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		Re: Trademark defense doesn't work vs Mega Bloks
(...) Well, that's fair enough. The LEGO trademark on the standard brick must have expired years ago, it's only the fact that the community automatically associates said brick design with LEGO that prevented Megabloks taking it for themselves ages (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)

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