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(...) Well, that one I'll concede. I suppose it's possible that there are indeed "Legos" in the lot, but you're right that the description should reflect that. (...) I suppose Ebay has some kind of complaint department, but my at-home Internet (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Does TLC act when we point out infringements of their trademark here?
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(...) The case of the bootleg-clone seller may be instructive here. I don't know why he was suspended/de-registered, but given that we know TLC members read LUGNET off and on, is it at all possible that when we flag these questionable uses of (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: Does TLC act when we point out infringements of their trademark here?
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(...) Actually, if TLC wanted to be serious, they probably should force eBay to change the category name to something other than LEGO, or force eBay to police it for non-LEGO. The way the category is being used, one could make a good argument that (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: Does TLC act when we point out infringements of their trademark here?
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(...) True, but on the flipside Ebay does use many copyrighted names as category names. And Lego knows that Lego sales on Ebay promotes their product, and that equals free advertising - no company would let that go. Also people who choose the Lego (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: Does TLC act when we point out infringements of their trademark here?
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3CF2E41E.D7C01185@m...ng.com>... (...) They take it seriously enough that one Guild of Bricksmiths(tm) member had a message from eBay saying that using LEGO in his listing titles for custom sets was keyword spamming. He (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.services)
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