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Re: LegOS forced to use another name?
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:18:35 GMT
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I'll note, for the record, that TLG has been aware of legOS for 2 1/2
years without having ever publicly complained about it. I guess that's
what irritates me about this. They've had plenty of time to complain
about this before now.

So, if they had sued him 2.5 years ago, you would have supported them?  Just
wondering.

It's because of thinking like this that most companies would have sued him
long ago...

Troy

PS: I thought it was just common sense, atleast around here, that using
"lego" in the name of anything was not a smart thing to do.  I'm sure that
the OS would have done just as good had it been named NogOS or something.



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  Re: LegOS forced to use another name?
 
(...) In the US, at least, a trademark *must* be defended, or the company loses it. If legOS does, in fact, infringe on their trademark, they would have had to defend it pretty quickly or that usage would pass into the public domain. Or something (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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  Re: LegOS forced to use another name?
 
Having registered legOS.sourceforge.net (on Markus's word that TLG had given him permission to use the name), having run the last release of legOS, and having not heard anything from TLG myself, I can say that there are no plans in this corner of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)

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