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Re: Trademark infringement by LEGO and Lucasfilm?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 06:19:01 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

  Hi, everyone.

  I found 2003 SW sets at the Wal-Mart in Livonia, MI, and the
  assortment included Jabba's palace.  Well, I looked on the side,
  where it showed the figures, and saw that one was named "Gonk
  Droid™".  Now, if memory serves, this term was actually coined
  by one of our *own*:

  http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=34495

  So, Mr. Sullivan, is there any litigation pending?  ;)


Actually, according to starwars.com the name is "GNK droid"...
http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/2002/12/news20021219.html#3

Did the paper you have actuall say 'Gonk' or was it 'GNK'? If it was a Lego
paper that said "Gonk" then the litigation would be directed towards Lego,
since starwars.com does not actually say "Gonk" (from what I have seen).

Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com



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(...) unit, which is often referred to as a 'gonk droid' for short." (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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Hi, everyone. I found 2003 SW sets at the Wal-Mart in Livonia, MI, and the assortment included Jabba's palace. Well, I looked on the side, where it showed the figures, and saw that one was named "Gonk Droid™". Now, if memory serves, this term was (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general) ! 

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