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0xFEE1DEAD | 3 months 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-dutc... ( http://archive.today/q5XrX )

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hju22_-3|3 months ago

I'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|3 months ago

They 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".