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He gets away with it the same way that MegaBloks gets away with it. The
patents for the basic bricks are long since expired.
Troy
"Darrell Urbien" <durbien@mail.occ.cccd.edu> wrote in message
news:Gx609q.M6C@lugnet.com...
> >
> > Hopefully by late next week, I'll be making some into keychains and • engraving
> > them. Enjoy!
> > --Bram
> >
> >
> Not to be a wet blanket or anything, but how does LEGO allow you to do • this?
> If I'm getting your website correctly, you are making 2X4s that look just • like
> LEGO 2x4's, except they're metal, and they don't fit like LEGO bricks. And
> you're charging money. How is this not copyright infringement? Wouldn't • this
> product compete with a LEGO product, should they ever decide to make metal
> bricks? Isn't the 2X4 one of LEGO's trademarks?
>
> Given the state of rapid prototyping and CNC machines out there, you could • make
> a whole bunch of "almost-LEGO" parts like yours fairly easily. I had • always
> assumed that no one would try, fearing a lawsuit.
>
> Darrell Urbien
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