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Lego Loses Its Unique Right To Make Lego Blocks
tsa writes "The European Department of Justice has decided that the Danish company Lego does not have exclusive rights to the lego building block anymore (sorry, it's in Dutch). Lego went to court after a Canadian firm had made blocks that were so like lego blocks that they even fit the real blocks made by Lego. The European judge decided that the design of the lego blocks is not protected by European trademarks and so anyone can make the blocks." If true, hopefully this will open doors for people interested in inexpensive bulk purchase of bricks of specific sizes and colors. Perhaps at long last I can build a life-sized Hemos statue for my office.
As long as you are selfish, and don't mind buying things made in 3rd world sweatshops, then yes the choice is obvious.
One of the reasons we purchase legos (both for our son, and as gifts for other kids) is that they are one of the few toys you can easily purchase which are still made in the first (or at least second) world. I suspect this will drive them to do more offshoring themselves, to reduce their costs. ...Sigh
Alas, now pointing out an error of 2x magnitude is now being a cunt, is it? Sounds like my post was the straw that broke the exaggerator's back. If you're so tired of being corrected, perhaps you should be more careful with your claims?
You may also find yourself further insulated from the corrections that you find so painful by resisting the fallacy of the excluded middle. That is, there is a happy land of accuracy between "it's got 1um tolerance" and "it's totally shitty and unimpressive." In this case, this happy middle-land is known as "as low as 2um tolerance."
Or you can carry on with the hurling of invectives and names and whining like a baby when corrected. It's up to you, champ!
everything in moderation