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My Bro' in law was telling me he had read somewhere about TLC getting sued by some tribespeople somewhere for using their sacred tribal names for the bionicle range. Has anyone else heard anything about this or is it a bunch of schwa -- James (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: Bionicle
 
(...) G'day, yep, I think it was the Pacific Island area that was against TLG on this...In fact I believe it is a group of Maoris who were taking TLG to court on it. The reason, as I recall, was that TLG was trying to 'copy-right/trademark' the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
 
  Re: Bionicle
 
"James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GEEF5u.BJu@lugnet.com... (...) Old news, that keeps coming up every couple of days For example the following from Friday. (...) yesterday: (...) As I understand it, Lego have not (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: Bionicle
 
Here is an update from the www.nzherald.co.nz Fantasy toys spark legal game between Maori group and Lego 31.05.2001 By ANGELA GREGORY and NZPA Maori groups are seeking an urgent response from Lego following accusations that the Danish toymaker is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)

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