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Re: Lego patents
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:00:50 GMT
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I am not entirely sure what you are asking about, but maybe this will help...
I met a guy at Brickfest earlier this year named John Barnes. John makes
aftermarket sensors for Mindstorms, using third party electronics, but a
modified Lego(TM) brick. You can see what I mean at www.hitechnicstuff.com.
When I spoke with him, he had not put this site up and was concerned that
Lego would be after him for using thier bricks in his products. He said he
was going to speak with someone from Lego before getting started.
Apparently he worked something out. Perhaps after viewing his site you may
want to send him an e-mail.
Rich Jenkins
In lugnet.robotics, John Kozma writes:
> I will be teaching a course on Information Technology Law in the Computer
> Science Department at the College of Charleston next semester. Having
> recently purchased (mainly for my own entertainment) a Lego Mindstorms
> Robotics Invention kit, it occurred to me that it might be a useful tool for
> illustrating the structure and drafting of patent claims. (After all, the
> name of the kit does have "invention" in it!)
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> I have looked for patents that expressly include the term Lego on the USPTO
> website. Most involve references to stackable or interlocking elements, and
> cite Lego as an example of the concept. Quite a few are for Legos or
> similar toys. I haven't found any yet that actually involve using Legos to
> reduce an invention to practice. Two questions:
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> 1. Anyone know of any patents wherein the invention has been reduced to
> practice using Legos?
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> 2. Have any of you created Lego projects, or know of any, that might be
> patentable?
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| I did indeeed have a talk with Brad Justus amongst others at Brickfest. He was very positive about what we are trying to do with the caveat that Lego holds various patents, trademarks and copyrights which they guard closely, not surprisingly. Any (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I will be teaching a course on Information Technology Law in the Computer Science Department at the College of Charleston next semester. Having recently purchased (mainly for my own entertainment) a Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention kit, it (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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