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Subject:	Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
Newsgroups:	lugnet.mediawatch
Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:21:58 GMT
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Still unsatisfied despite more than 20 courtroom defeats around the world, LEGO is trying yet again to abuse patent and trademark law to afford itself an unfair market advantage. This time LEGO is actually attempting to get the US to block imports of Mega Brands blocks, apparently because LEGO doesn’t trust consumers to make their own decisions about their construction toy purchases.

Wisely--and predictably--Mega Brands is seeking an injunction to prevent this grotesque over-reaching of market influence.

Read more about LEGO’s cowardly strong-arm tactics here.

Dave!

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		Re: Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
(...) Gotta keep that legal team busy doing something! (URL) JOHN (12 years ago, 18-Jan-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

		Re: Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
Wow, what ridiculous hyperbole. Like any large corporation they are using whatever legal maneuvers they can to give them a business advantage. Hating the players for following the rules of the game is childish. As for the "free market" what are (...) (12 years ago, 18-Jan-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

		Re: Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
(...) Love the headline. Bonus points for me knowing who wrote it before seeing your name ;) For what it's worth I'm on your side. I won't buy MB but a) they have a legal right to do what they do and b) they've made LEGO lift its came by existing. (...) (12 years ago, 8-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

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