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Subject: 
RE: O'Reilly book news
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 22:34:31 GMT
Original-From: 
Jim Thomas <jim.thomas@trw.com!SayNoToSpam!>
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Title was:  LEGO® MINDSTORMS(TM) Robots
New title:  EUROSTYLEPLASTICBINDINGBLOCKS® BRAINSQUALLS(TM) Robots

And of course O'Reilly can register and trademark these so LEGO® can't steal
them -- 'cause you know they would want to.

JT

-----Original Message-----
From: lehman@javanet.com [mailto:lehman@javanet.com]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 2:56 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: O'Reilly book news


Jonathan Knudsen:
Basically we need to change the title in order to avoid marketplace
confusion--it needs to be very clear that our product is not produced
or supported by LEGO. We'll also have a prominent disclaimer inside
somewhere. We're following our lawyers' suggestions to minimize our
legal risk.

We'll see what happens.

How about a "name the book" contest?

  - Learning NQC, pbFORTH, and legOS
  - Mastering Plastic Binding Brick Robots with Lots of Neat Moving Parts
  - RCX Programming in a Nutshell
  - RCX Hacking: The Definitive Guide
  - Essential Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Hacking with Third-Party
Software
  - Programming LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Robots using Unofficial Software
  - LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Annoyances

:*)

--Todd
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics

--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: O'Reilly book news
 
Books I wish someone would write: "How to convince your wife to let you leave DACTA on speed-dial." "101 cool things you could do if you only had a sensor you don't have and 5 wierd little pieces from a discontinued set." "Fiber Optic Piece: not as (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: O'Reilly book news
 
(...) In case you don't know, "mindstorms" and "constructopedia" were both used by Seymour Papert long before LEGO started using them as trademarks (although both are now registered trademarks of the LEGO group). See: Abstract of application to NSF (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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