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Re: Club Name discussion
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lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf
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Date:
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:37:37 GMT
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Russell Clark <rclark@telis.[SayNoToSpam]org>
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> > The naming choice "BayLUG" was made because a few of the people who
> > were originally brainstorming the club idea were interested in being
> > affiliated with LUGNET, so we were looking for a ___LUG name. (This
> > is along the lines of a new train group using ___LTC for a name. :-)
> >
> > BUT, since we haven't registerd BAYLUG.ORG, and since BALC.ORG is
> > still available, what do folks think? Preferences for one name or
> > the other? Is there any other name(s) that I should check?
>
> I would caution against using the name "LEGO Club" in any capacity without
> the explicit approval of LEGO.
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> Note that "LEGO Club" is a name already taken by TLG and used by TLG
> in an official capaicty -- in the U.S. and Canada and possibly other
> countries. The LEGO Club has a logo, a bi-monthly magazine, and does
> massive advertising through flyers included in each LEGO set.
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> In other words, something calling itself the Bay Area LEGO Club might be
> viewed by TLG as trademark dilution.
While I agree that "users" seems technical, and that Bay Area LEGO Club fits
us better, I have to swing towards BALUG.ORG or SFBALUG.ORG. I agree
completely with Todd on the trademark issue. I want to be on LEGO's good
side, not against their laywers.
Russell
PS Todd, is there something that can be done about the double messages? I
get one from ba-lego and one from LUGNET.
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 | | Double messages (was Re: Club Name discussion)
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| (...) It's because you're subscribed by e-mail to both the ba-lego@cinnamon.com mailing list and lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com. To stop receiving double messages, simply unsubscribe from one of the two lists. To unsubscribe from (...) (28 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
| | | Re: Club Name discussion
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| (...) One thing maybe worth considering is how the name is likely to be pronounced... BayLUG or BAYLUG would most certainly be pronounced BAY-lug by anyone who sees it. They probably wouldn't know what it stood for, but they wouldn't mispronounce (...) (28 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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