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    Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal? —David Laswell
   (...) Nope. LEGO is a registered trademark, and _any_ unauthorized use of it can be prosecuted. If they so choose. A few years back Paramount went around pounding on the door of _every_ Star Trek fansite and demanding that they pull their plug, (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)
   
        Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal? —William R. Ward
   "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> writes: [...] (...) My understanding is that the owner of brickbay.com agreed out of court to change the name. It may well be that if it had gone to court he would have won, but as you pointed out earlier (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)
   
        Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal? —David Laswell
   (...) That's all assuming he wouldn't have had to declare bankruptcy partway through the proceedings and had to start representing himself (not many defense attorneys will continue representing you once you've run out of money). Large corporations (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)
 

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