Talking About Stuff, with Mike and Christiana

Yeah, well, good luck with that... (Lego® Bricks and Toys Edition)
John Howard has got a post about something he discovered at www.legos.com.

Apparently, the LEGO Group Companies would like you to stop saying "LEGOS" and are encoraging you to say "LEGO® Bricks and Toys" instead.



Apparently, they have "LEGO" copyrighted, but not "LEGOS", so in order to preserve their brand name, they have decided to ask the entire world's English-speaking population to stop referring to their products in the obvious plural form.

Hey, maybe we could just stop referring to their products altogether. How about that?

Or, more likely, we'll think that they haven't got a prayer of getting anybody to stop saying Legos, and so then we'll move on with our lives, chuckling softly to ourselves.

At least, that's what I'm going to do.

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  1. Yeah, well, good luck with that... (Lego® Bricks and Toys Edition)
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Posted by Christiana on Wednesday September 7, 2005 at 7:08pm
John Howard (mail) (www):
Actually, that should be LEGO® Bricks and Toys Edition, they apparently also want it to be capitalized.
9.8.2005 3:21pm
Christiana (www):
Ah yes, my mistake! Please don't sue me LEGO Bricks and Lawyers!
9.10.2005 12:57am
Wendy (mail):
Actually, what Lego is afraid of is that their trademark LEGO will become generic. This has happened to other famous brand names and once the trademark becomes generic, anyone may use it. The most famous example is aspirin, which was ruled to be generic years ago. Once the trademark becomes the descriptive word for the product, then it is per se generic. Another example, WONDER bread, would you ask a person for a piece of wonder or would you ask for a piece of bread? LEGO is not the only company actively fighting against the genericide of the trademarks. XEROX, OREO, and others post similar disclaimers on their websites. Oh, by the way, when referring to a trademark, it is normally proper to identify it as such by using all caps. SEE YA!
9.20.2005 12:30pm

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