AirborneAFOL Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lego-china-copyright/toymaker-lego-wins-chinese-copyright-case-against-brick-imitators-idUSKBN1E1157?utm_source=applenews Don’t believe this has been posted elsewhere on these boards yet - but it looks like GREAT news, with possible longterm impacts on the knockoff market! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feed Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 "They will now have to stop copying Lego’s packaging and logos, it said." but not, presumably, the sets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John82 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 30 minutes ago, feed said: "They will now have to stop copying Lego’s packaging and logos, it said." but not, presumably, the sets. And just the friends theme (Bela)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirborneAFOL Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 And just the friends theme (Bela)? I’m no expert in Chinese law, but I’d presume the precedent would stand and apply across all themes.Either way, this opens the door to LEGO winning similar suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Being China, can't Bela & bogus bricks just create a new company and carry on as before? I'm hoping that the Chinese will crack down on this as it may discourage LEGO from resurrecting more sets like the Taj Mahal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Being China, can't Bela & bogus bricks just create a new company and carry on as before? I'm hoping that the Chinese will crack down on this as it may discourage LEGO from resurrecting more sets like the Taj Mahal.I have a buddy who buys a toy from China for resale on amazon. He ran into the bogus group who sold him bogus bricks for resale. He sold them not on amazon but to neighborhood businesses. He mentioned they told him that they had government inspectors and reps from lego come down and shut the building down. Bogus bricks said not to worry. They will be restarting somewhere else under a different name. Not sure on if and when they did, but that's what he was told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth lewis Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 It's a shame lego has run into this problem with china but some bootleg lego in the uk was very close to the real product more often than not the colors do not match well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizeur Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/08/counterfeit-lego-brand-ordered-to-pay-1-7-million-in-damages/ They won another suit against bogus bricks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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