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Subject: 
Lego vs. Tyco: Legal Battle of the Clones
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Sun, 5 Jun 2005 03:49:15 GMT
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I just came across this on the interenet.  It was a legal battle between TLG and
Tyco Industries, which produced (up until about a decade or so age) the best
Lego clones ever.

http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/Cochran/Cases%20&%20Readings/Copyright-UNT/interlego.htm

It looks like TLG lost, case dismissed.

Gary Istok



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  Re: Lego vs. Tyco: Legal Battle of the Clones
 
(...) Gary: This court case was remarkable for GKCs testimony that the original Lego block was in fact a copy of the Kiddicraft block. There is a summary (which is VERY biased) on the Best-Lock site: (URL) the expiration of Lego's major patents they (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)

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