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Re: expansion ports
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 5 Jan 1999 01:28:10 GMT
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> Im not much into the legal stuff, but i think you can get around patent • stuff,
> by using the connector parts you can get from Lego Service.
It is legal to modify the connectors for your own use. You get into trouble
when you try to sell something that contains one. The patent means they are
the only people that can sell something with the connector. You could sell
a product that was complete except for the connector and give instructions
for using a LEGO one to finish it.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I thought a patent meant it was illegal to copy the design and manufacture it for sale. I don't see why you couldn't resell a genuine LEGO connector. Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (25 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: expansion ports
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| In article <F52CB7.LIw@lugnet.com>, Michael Gasperi <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) Does this mean that Torys'R'Us are breaking the law by selling the Mindstorms Set? They are selling lots of things with the connector. How about second (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Im not much into the legal stuff, but i think you can get around patent stuff, by using the connector parts you can get from Lego Service. No, not those horribly expensive ready-to-use cables with connectors but those nice connector rails that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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