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Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal?
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lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Sat, 10 May 2003 23:27:02 GMT
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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/

Well, that was posted on August 7, 2002 - so maybe Lego's bark is worse than
their bite? I do not see how they could have let it go for this long with
nothing. Has anybody ever stood up to them before?

Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com



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  Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal?
 
(...) These things take time, and they are but one task on the to-do list. Plus, we aren't trying to be jerks about this stuff, so we give people time to make the switch. We don't have many rules for what Web sites can do (and I've worked hard to (...) (22 years ago, 11-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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