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Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:49:03 GMT
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Brian Kendig wrote:
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> > So I think the answer is that Lego doesn't even know what it wants to be
> > called.
>
> You'd think :)
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> Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I
> understand
> each country office/branch is a separate "company". So in Billund, it's
> LEGO
> A/S. In Enfield, it's LEGO Systems, Inc., etc.
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> I don't know the specifics (I try to steer clear of legal stuff), but the
> name
> to refer to the thing that you know as "LEGO", and you once referred to as
> "The
> LEGO Company" is "The LEGO Group".
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> Hope that helps.
>
> Jake¬
> ---¬
> Jake McKee¬
> Community Liaison¬
> LEGO Community Team
Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist
formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again?
Rob
www.brickmodder.net
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| (...) You'd think :) Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I understand each country office/branch is a separate "company". So in Billund, it's LEGO A/S. In Enfield, it's LEGO Systems, Inc., etc. I don't know the specifics (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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