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Subject:	Re: LEGO® Blocked by Best-Lock
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:22:44 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote: > Very true. There are a zillion "Hot Wheels-style" toy car brands not > owned by > Mattel, but Mattel doesn't sue every one of them for infringement. LEGO > should > take that cue and learn from it. Investigate possible instances of patent > violation, and prosecute likely violations of patent infringement. Don't > waste much more time on nebulous "brand dilution" now that the 2x4 brick > and the studs-n-tubes system are in the public domain. They're not... In the Netherlands, MegaBlocks started a similair trial, lost and since sales of Brick, MegaBlocks and the like are illegal in the Netherlands. And I for one am glad about it, since they're way too close to the real thing and cause much confusion. -- Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/

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		Re: LEGO® Blocked by Best-Lock
(...) I didn't know that--well, score one for LEGO, I guess. They've lost numerous similar cases, though, wherein it's been ruled that the patent expired long ago. Do you know when this case was decided? Dave! (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		Re: LEGO® Blocked by Best-Lock
(...) That's a good question. I have some Best-Lock instruction books (but no boxes) from '98 or '99, and I'll check them when I get home to see if the logo included a brick. I didn't realize that about the LEGO logo. Hmm... (...) Very true. There (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general)

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