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Re: Use of trademarks.. is www.legoaftermarket.com legal?
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lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Mon, 12 May 2003 20:56:25 GMT
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I've never seen this site before (or if I did I don't remember it). I think
it's funny that he claims that he is going to file a class action law suite
over the re-release of the Metroliner. I wonder how far that got? Probally
about as far as his fighting LEGO over the use of LEGO in the URL.

jt


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/
> 
> --Todd



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(...) Seriously? Hah! I never actually checked the website out, but in order for him to file a class-action lawsuit, he'd kinda need to be a lawyer (otherwise it'd just be a personal lawsuit). Anyways, it'd be drop-kicked out of the courtroom in a (...) (23 years ago, 13-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) (23 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.theory)

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