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Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal?
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lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Mon, 12 May 2003 20:56:25 GMT
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I've never seen this site before (or if I did I don't remember it). I think
it's funny that he claims that he is going to file a class action law suite
over the re-release of the Metroliner. I wonder how far that got? Probally
about as far as his fighting LEGO over the use of LEGO in the URL.

jt


In lugnet.market.brickshops, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.market.brickshops, Jake McKee writes:
In lugnet.market.brickshops, Alfred Speredelozzi writes:
Is www.legoaftermarket.com legal?

I think it is.  At least in the region of the 7th circuit court of
appeals in the U.S.

Let me throw in that using "LEGO" in the URL of any site not owned or
operated by The LEGO Company is a violation of the Fair Play Policy
(http://www.lego.com/eng/info/fairplay.asp).

We don't allow the use of our trademark in any form or fashion in the URL
because the URL implies that the site is owned by us. And of course this
isn't always the case!

It looks like LEGO attorneys have finally decided to go after Brian Styles:

  http://www.legoweb.com/

--Todd



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(...) Seriously? Hah! I never actually checked the website out, but in order for him to file a class-action lawsuit, he'd kinda need to be a lawyer (otherwise it'd just be a personal lawsuit). Anyways, it'd be drop-kicked out of the courtroom in a (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)

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(...) It looks like LEGO attorneys have finally decided to go after Brian Styles: (URL) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)

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