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Re: Legal problem--Use of 2x2 brick as icon?
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lugnet.publish
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Sun, 18 Feb 2001 04:04:40 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.ihatespamCHEM.TULANE.EDU
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Jamie Obrien wrote:
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> A quick question, but what would the difference be between a 2x2 Brick
> and a 2x2 Lego Brick? Of course you could say it's a competitors
> device, or are they worried by the association of the image of the
> brick directly to the Lego product.
>
> Is their a differentiationablable (dohdoh) between Lego images and
> those of their competitors if their is no mention of Lego.
>
> Jamie
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 logo on the brick you cannot tell if the brick is a LEGO brick,
a MegaBlock, or a (what is the R one again?).
Chris
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 05:16:55 GMT, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com>
> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.publish, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G6MAoE.G4M@lugnet.com...
> > > > In lugnet.publish, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > > > [..]
> > > > > Go ahead and use it. Note - Todd has been using the 2x2 as a background
> > > > > and distributing it for the past 4+ years. AFAIK, no one has come after
> > > > > him or the other sites which display his background. :o)
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > Ok.
> > >
> > > > http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=7818
> > >
> > > Hmm...I'm not following. This post doesn't mention the meeting from what
> > > I see.
> >
> > 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 Backgrounds" and by placing a notice on the
> > page stating the the LEGO brick image is a trade dress of the LEGO Group.
> >
> > I just didn't want people to get the wrong impression from what you said,
> > which seemed to me to imply (or might lead someone to infer) that anyone
> > oughtta feel free to use a 2x2 LEGO brick image. While that may indeed be
> > the case these days, I still find it to be a rather touchy issue.
> >
> > --Todd
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