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David Eaton wrote:
> Example. Let's suppose that Lego had some truly good reasons for
> Juniorizing sets.
There's another reason for Juniorization (and other manifestations of
special-purpose pieces) that doesn't seem to have got much
airtime in this debate.
No doubt I'll be corrected, but Lego's basic patents have expired.
This is why we are now seeing so many compatible (?) clones on
the market. But every special-purpose piece (particularly those
which let you do something you can't do with previous pieces) is
potentially the source of a new patent - and hence provides some
measure of market protection against TLG's competitors.
So if we want to persuade TLG not to produce whopping great big
special purpose pieces in Juniorized sets, it might help if we
could suggest alternative new (and preferably more general-purpose)
pieces which do not currently exist, which we would rather
see than the current offerings, and which TLG can get patented
before the cloners do (which might mean not producing them in this
public forum).
Comments anyone?
Andrew
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| (...) Actually, I thought that back in the late 80's, when Tyco Super Blocks first appeared. However, I've been told that the patent hadn't expired, and the TLC entered into a big lawsuit against Tyco for patent infringement, with Tyco winning in (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Juniorization Manifesto I'm going to try and share my thoughts about juniorization. It is my utmost hope that I can present reasons for and against it, though I fear that my arguments shall be slightly one sided. I don't expect to get a formal (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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