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Re: Lego vs. Tyco: Legal Battle of the Clones
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 6 Jun 2005 02:39:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jim Hughes wrote:
> Gary:
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> 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:
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> http://www.best-lock.com/new/page.html
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> Since the expiration of Lego's major patents they have been aggressively
> persuing competitors on the grounds of copyright infringement. The most
> recent was the case for "Lego indicia" (that the pattern of studs comprised a
> trademark) against Ritvik in Canada (they also lost this case):
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> http://www.marquedor.com/telemarque/archives/02-06-01b_en.htm
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> --Jim
Geoff Lilleker also has some speculation about Lego purchasing the rights from
Kiddicraft. Seems a little less biased but I'm not sure what is true. Select
Kiddicraft or Lego from this page:
http://www.personal.u-net.com/~lilleker/con-os.htm
Eric
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| (...) I once found a book about Lego at my local library, see my old message: (URL) and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen' (actually in Swedish), ISBN 91-972715-8-6] Stated as facts in this book are: 1947 - LEGO Billund A/S buys it's first injection mold (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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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