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At this point I would like to mention some last words and then stop
sending e-mails to this thread.<br>
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I am sorry to say that I could not tell you and others what I really
wanted to say. Maybe, it was due to a language barrier on my side.
Ich kann auch in Deutsch schreiben, falls es so leichter für alle
Beteiligten und Interessierten ist.<br>
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So, a last time once again. In general, if a registered trademark is
very well known by the public, or said in other words, if it is part
of the colloquial language/common speech, then such a trademark can
be deleted from a trademark registry, which surely results in an
update of the WIPO ROMARIN database.<br>
The registered trademark 'LEGO' is such a registered trademark,
which has become a term/word of many common speeches worldwide,
definitely. For example, a very common speech act is 'Let's play
lego', like the speech act 'Let's google it'.<br>
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In this respect I wrote before, that I do not think that Lego is in
control over its registered trademark 'LEGO' anymore, because I
think that the term/word 'lego' is part of many common speeches
worldwide and hence should be deleted from the related trademark
registries respectively databases due to the legal rule that a
term/word that belongs to a common speech is not qualified to be
protected by the public as a registered trademark (anymore). I did
not meant that the term/word 'lego' is not a registered trademark of
Lego. I meant that Lego might loose it potentially due to the laws.<br>
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If the company Lego thinks that a person, group or corporation has
infringed its trademark 'LEGO', wants to vigorously defend this
infringement, and sues this person, group, or corporation, then Lego
risks that the opposite party questions the legality of Lego's
trademark registration and in this way start a legal process that in
the end deletes the registered trademark 'LEGO' from the registry.
In fact, here begins highly complex legal stuff even for the company
Lego and it is already up to Lego how far it goes with its gambling
in this specific case of the term/word 'lego' that is actually
registered as the trademark 'LEGO'. By the way: A similar case at
the courts was e.g. Lindows vs. Windows, that ended with a big
cheque for the side of Lindows (see [2]).<br>
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This is how it works at least in Europe, and in this respect the
statements on the referenced webpage of Lego (see [1]) have to be
seen as well. In fact, some rules are simply said not as valid as
Lego claims as part of its gambling.<br>
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Said this, the WIPO ROMARIN database does not contradict me
regarding the registered trademark 'LEGO'.<br>
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By the way, the term/word 'sugar' is also part of common speech.<br>
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Have fun<br>
Christian Stroetmann<br>
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[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://aboutus.lego.com/en-gb/legal-notice/fair-play">aboutus.lego.com/en-gb/legal-notice/fair-play</a><br>
[2] Wikipedia, Linspire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindows<br>
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<div dir="ltr">WIPO's Romarin database contradicts you regarding
the LEGO mark.
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<div>LEGO vigorously defend infringement of their marks (<a
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href="http://aboutus.lego.com/en-gb/legal-notice/fair-play">http://aboutus.lego.com/en-gb/legal-notice/fair-play</a>).</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:29 AM,
Christian Stroetmann <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="">On Thu, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:27.02.2014%2001" value="+12702201401"
target="_blank">27.02.2014 01</a>:13, Bastien wrote:<br>
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Christian Stroetmann<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stroetmann@ontolab.com" target="_blank">stroetmann@ontolab.com</a>>
writes:<br>
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For sure, there is the One Tablet Per Child (OTPC)
respectively One<br>
Pad Per Child (OPPC) project by my business division
intellitablet<br>
since July 2012 (see [1]).<br>
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A trademark is not just about adding (TM) after a bunch
of other<br>
trademarks.<br>
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I doubt you officially registered "One Tablet Per
Child".<br>
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I mean... "One LEGO Laptop Per Child (TM)"... a new
trademark with<br>
LEGO within it, seriously?<br>
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You are right and wrong. Indeed, the related laws are
complex and it needs some time and often support by an
attorney for common people to understand them a little. So
please, ask a attorney, and keep in mind that the terms are
used commercially and are copyrighted as well. That is also
the reason, why a said in an e-mail before, that the issue
with the trademark is irrelevant here.<br>
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The point with LEGO in a new trademark is serious.<br>
For example, if a registered trademark belongs to a common
language, which is the case if the trademark is known very
well by the public, like for example Lego, Windows, Google,
Android, and so on, then the trademark laws say, that it can
be deleted from the trademark register. Said this, I already
doubt in this specific case that the company LEGO has still
control over the trademark LEGO.<br>
Nevertheless, it was meant as a place holder and an idea
contributer, if the company LEGO would be interested in such
a One LEGO Laptop Per Child (TM) device on the one hand and
on the other hand a mark that my company publicated the
concept with this title. There are more points to say, but
again ask an attorney, look at other laws, and so on, and
respect my company's trademarks.<br>
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Regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Christian Stroetmann</font></span>
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