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Re: Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
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Tue, 4 Jun 2002 05:42:17 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, David Eaton writes:
In lugnet.market.auction, Mark Papenfuss writes:
I have decided to put 2 Soft brick lots up on Ebay, there are a few bricks
in each one, see item description for details.

Lot 1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1737790198

Lot 2
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1737791424

Their are a few other lego listings as well as 90% of my older hot wheels
collection, so please check them out also.

So-- what's the policy on using the Lego logo on Ebay auction pages? I mean,
I guess you can't help it if it appears in a photo that you take of the
product, and probably as such would be allowed... But I get the feeling that
if you just used a logo gif, people would object... Maybe not? If so, what
about a photo of the box, zoomed in on the logo? Geez, I feel like a lawyer...

DaveE

I honestly think you need to get out more, David. You are taking this much
to seriously. If the Lego group had a problem with their logo on Ebay
auctions, you think they would have stepped up and filed a lawsuit years ago.



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  Re: Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
 
(...) Probably true :) My first instinct on seeing this auction (with a Lego-logo background) was to point out to the seller that it wasn't going by Lego's "fair play" rules, but I wasn't sure (being an auction where it might be relevant to the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Lego logo on auction pages? (Was: Soft Bricks on ebay!)
 
(...) So-- what's the policy on using the Lego logo on Ebay auction pages? I mean, I guess you can't help it if it appears in a photo that you take of the product, and probably as such would be allowed... But I get the feeling that if you just used (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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