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Can somebody remind me if this has been discussed already? Has there been brought up before, any legal problem with using the Lego brick, specifically a 2x2 brick, as some kind of stylistic element, for instance for the bullet on a list? It's not a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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Erik Olson <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G6KoFy.DLu@lugnet.com... (...) website. As an icon, not as a logo, it is fine. As a logo, they strongly prefer that a 3D brick image is not used. I had issues to resolve with TLC's lawyers before (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) That's not quite true. I was contacted about it in 1997, and we had a meeting about it and other related online issues after that. (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G6MAoE.G4M@lugnet.com... (...) Ok. (...) -Tim (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) No, it doesn't mention the meeting. The point was that someone from LEGO (or, rather, retained by LEGO) did once have some things to say -- some issues. They got resolved by changing the name from "Fibblesnork LEGO Backgrounds" to "Fibblesnork (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G6MHC7.8t7@lugnet.com... (...) Ok. (...) Understandable. I believe that I implied that a 2x2 image _not_ displayed prominently as a logo was OK, which before your comments on the backgrounds is (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G6MI14.A1D@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) Whoops. That last line should read '...one of the best things we can do...' -- forgot the 'can.' -Tim (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) It's just a fact that that image IS associated with their product! ===...=== I'm trying to put some original thought into my icons. Something like a pencil, or a rocket ship, or a pencil that turns into a rocket ship, that looks vaguely like a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) remember (...) Oooh, I can visualize the pencil-rocket-brick thing! If you want, I could send you a mock-up graphic. Let me know. Regards, --Ryan (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Jamie makes a great point. Since we are all LEGO fans we assume the brick is a LEGO brick, but every automatic binding brick system out there makes a 2x2 brick. Since everyone wants to be compatible with LEGO bricks, without a close-up of the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish)
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