http://twinlug.com/2008/11/elsewhere-lego-brick-trademark-in-the-eu/ The Minneapolis and St Paul LEGO Users Group. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://twinlug.com/2008/11/elsewhere-lego-brick-trademark-in-the-eu/comment-page-1/#comment-14 trademark Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:41:05 +0000 http://twinlug.com/?p=69#comment-14 The court's ruling was largely correct. You cannot trademark functional aspects of a product. In this case, the connectors on the Lego bricks were deemed to be functional, as they serve the purpose of connecting the bricks together. It was a pretty straightforward case. The court’s ruling was largely correct. You cannot trademark functional aspects of a product. In this case, the connectors on the Lego bricks were deemed to be functional, as they serve the purpose of connecting the bricks together. It was a pretty straightforward case.

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