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By the way, Lego's patent expired 2011. http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-lego.html http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of
by frogpelt 11y ago
By the way, Lego's patent expired 2011.
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-lego.html http://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-l...
- wtallis 11y agoNo, it was merely featured on boingboing in 2011. When that patent was filed, the US had a patent term of 17 years, meaning it probably expired in 1975.
- frogpelt 11y agoYou are correct. That's what I get for believing this CNET writer.[1] According to Wikipedia, all of Lego's patents had expired by 1989.[2] They have filed copyright infringement lawsuits and they unsuccessfully attempted to trademark the shape of their bricks in the EU. But they haven't had a patent in quite a while. 1. http://www.cnet.com/news/lego-you-are-dead-to-me/ http://www.cnet.com/news/lego-you-are-dead-to-me/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Group#Trademark_and_patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Group#Trademark_and_p...