(...) If it were fairly certain, the court cases would be over. (See below for some references within LUGNET.) Lego are taking the issue beyond the mechanical. It is certain that many patents have expired (including the minifig) in the US and other (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
Well, gee Erik -- that was a lot more than I was willing to go into, but still nicely done. But I still think these things are sort of decided in advance even if they make some screwy turns along the way. There's a lot at stake right now for several (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)