| |
"Rob D." <htduck.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:B6A0F4E7.11222%htduck.geo@yahoo.com...
> in article G85w3s.KKv@lugnet.com, Will Hess at willhess@simflex.com wrote • on
> 2/2/2001 9:20 PM:
>
> >
> > FWIW I think the death of the minifig is more about the expiration of • the
> > patent
> > on those elements than anything else. The Best Lock figs are a straight
> > rip-off
> > of the minifigs we all know and love. I'd suspect Lego is going in this • new
> > direction to distance themselves from the competition.
> See, now I think this is just crazy. Why on earth didn't Lego trademark • the
> minifig? Then (although I am no lawyer), patent or no patent, no one else
> could produce them without violating the trademark...
I think thats what the previous post said. i.e. they were patented.
However, patents eventually run out, as they now are on various Lego items.
So they are no longer protected.
I am no lawyer either!
So I dont know if you can trademark a 'thing'
Disney had copyright on its cartoon characters, but even that run out
recently - though they managed to get it renewed (dont quite understand
that)
So lawyers, what is the different usage of a trademark, a patent and a
copyright?
regards
lawrence
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Creator scourge strikes again!
|
| in article G85w3s.KKv@lugnet.com, Will Hess at willhess@simflex.com wrote on 2/2/2001 9:20 PM: (...) See, now I think this is just crazy. Why on earth didn't Lego trademark the minifig? Then (although I am no lawyer), patent or no patent, no one (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
|
30 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
