To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.generalOpen lugnet.general in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 General / 55827
55826  |  55828
Subject: 
Question about LEGO minifigure trademark
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
Followup-To: 
lugnet.lego
Date: 
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:10:39 GMT
Viewed: 
25715 times
  
In the footer of lego.com is this text:

"LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, BIONICLE, MINDSTORMS, the BELVILLE, KNIGHTS'
KINGDOM and EXO-FORCE logos, the Brick and Knob configurations and the
Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group."

What do they mean by saying the minifigure is a trademark? Do they mean the
actual word "Minifigure" is trademarked, or that the general
appearance/configuration of all LEGO brand minifigs is trademarked?



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Question about LEGO minifigure trademark
 
(...) I asked an attorney friend who studied intellectual property law to provide an answer to this. Her reply: "Trademarks are (basically) stylized words, graphics, or objects that create a mental association with good or service that is used in (...) (12 years ago, 6-Apr-12, to lugnet.lego)  

2 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR