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Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 01:38:30 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
they don't show the word "LEGO" on the studs.  Even so, the implication of
the phrase "LEGO Backgrounds" -- even when applied to 2x2 LEGO brand bricks
-- is that that LEGO equals bricks, which isn't true.  LEGO does not equal
bricks or even elements in general.  LEGO is a company and a brand name, the

A quandry for marketing, I'm sure. Legal keeps saying "No, Foobrand does not
equal barproduct!", while the advertising folks are trying to convince people
exactly the opposite.

--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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  Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
 
(...) Leading to meetings out of which come concepts like "Dove is not soap", I'm sure. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)

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  LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
 
(...) Yah! And -- bing! -- now I think I *finally* understand the subtle point that TLG legal counsel was trying to explain to me when they asked me to change the name of my "Fibblesnork LEGO Backgrounds" page[1]: it shows pictures of 2x2 LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)

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