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Mega Bloks Wins Supreme Court Battle Against Lego

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-pegs-of-justice dept.

saskboy writes "Canada's highest court ruled unanimously Thursday that Mega Bloks can continue to sell their Lego styled stackable blocks in Canada. CBC writes, 'The Supreme Court of Canada decision marks the end of a long-running trademark battle between the Montreal-based Mega Bloks and Denmark's Lego.'"

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  1. Lego by Universal+Indicator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like Lego will have to take their toys and go home.

  2. Re:Dump all non-physical property rights. by doubledoh · · Score: 0, Redundant
    When and if scamsters attempt to pierce any market, 3rd party organizations like Consumer Reports or Better Business Bureau will quickly report the scams--not to mention the millions of blogs and independant media websites that snap at the chance to boo-hoo bad products (iPod Nano anyone?).

    No one is arguing that cheats don't exist, it's just that we freedom loving folks are arguing that the free market and free speech are much more efficient mechanisms for protecting consumers against fraud. And besides, at the end of the day, as far as I'm concerned, it's buyer beware. I'd rather have the freedom to choose, than have some big-brother entity stamp everything with their approval (after a long beauracratic process--and of course a fee).

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    I think, therefore I doh.