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Re: Lego copyrights native language
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz
Date: 
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:05:13 GMT
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"pete white" <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:GCAz19.F4r@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
Though you would have to say it is no more an issue than calling a • minifig
Jack Stone.
Are all the Jacks of the world going to be taking issue with Lego for • using
their name?

Not really an apt comparison.


I though it was exactly the comparison
Didnt this thread start in relationship to Maoris complaining that Lego had
trademarked their names?

As in Pete White[TM]

:-)

Imagine waking up one morning and finding a law suit in your mail
restraining you from using your name.

regards
lawrence



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(...) I used to know a guy whose last name is Lego. Maybe I should call and warn him. Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)

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(...) As you would expect. Let's just say indigenous people may view this sort of thing as a bit more important than non-indigenous people would. Like Todd, I thought Lego had thought these names up, even though they sounded Polynesian. Is the Lego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)

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