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Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for ca
by WA 1y ago
Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos.
- voidUpdate 1y agoProbably because they are "lego bricks", not "legos", in the same way that you don't call a bag of rice "rices"
- Y_Y 1y ago> you don't call a bag of rice "rices" Well I didn't until now
- supplied_demand 1y agoIf we are being pedantic, they are called “LEGO”.
- stuaxo 1y agoI don't know why, but the US invention "legos" is incredibly grating. Its like a whole country called spaghetti "basgetti" as kids and just went with it.
- perching_aix 1y agoNot really a US invention, pretty sure countless other languages will transform the word the same way. I know mine does, being an agglutinative one.
- al_borland 1y agoThis is how I feel when I hear or see people use the word “maths”, but I simply accept the cultural differences in language. Though I don’t think throwing an “s” on a word to make it plural, even if technically incorrect, is on the same level as “basgetti”. Adding an “s” to words to make them plural, is generally a good rule, there are just some exceptions, and not that many people are deep enough into Lego to know it’s one of those exceptions.
- themaninthedark 1y agoDon't worry, at least we don't call them legi
- rf15 1y agoconsider: bologna
- paulddraper 1y ago"Lego" is Danish origin. "leg godt" = "play good" --- What your word of choice? "Miniature building blocks"?
- tempaway43563 1y agoAbsolutely nothing should be getting called "legos", dear god, its "lego" or "lego bricks"
- indigo945 1y agoOff-brand toy bricks are a direct threat to LEGO's bottom line, which is in the business of selling toy bricks, and only has its popularity as a moat. Copies of old LEGO games floating around online are effectively just free LEGO advertising, so the situation may be quite different here.
- wickedsight 1y ago> only has its popularity as a moat From my experience they also have quality as a moat. No budget manufacturers seems to be getting the tolerances Lego is getting. There could be producers that are getting there though, but I don't know them.