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You should remove any reference to LEGO from the website and the examples. LEGO is extremely protective of its brand (similar to / worse than Nintendo) and does
by 0xFEE1DEAD 10mo ago
You should remove any reference to LEGO from the website and the examples. LEGO is extremely protective of its brand (similar to / worse than
Nintendo) and does not want third parties using its name, because it is concerned that LEGO could become a generic term which could put its trademark at risk.
See: "Lego sues Dutch firm over anti-terror blocks using name and shape" https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/lego-sues-dutch-firm-over-anti-terror-blocks-using-name-and-shape-c8w2lwkzb https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/lego-sues-dutc... ( http://archive.today/q5XrX http://archive.today/q5XrX )
- hju22_-3 10mo agoI'm willing to die on the hill that lego already is a commonplace word, but I can't argue that they've held on to the LEGO trademark for pretty long. Though, I'd say Nintendo is a lot worse than LEGO, and I've never heard LEGO do the frankly insane crap that Nintendo has.
- 0xFEE1DEAD 10mo agoThey actually sued a lego youtuber (or threatened to sue - unsure) for using a lego brick in his logo. this lead to him creating a new word for lego bricks "Klemmbausteine" which means "clamping building bricks".
- taskforcegemini 10mo agothat's where the word comes from? he should (or should have) trademark it, it's very widely used