Razor Crest set in troubles

Lordmoral

Greetings, followimg the revelation on the main Brickset page concerning the problems LEGO found itself in Germany I went to the main "Stone Wars" article and got more information, it seems it has something to do with LEGO using a fan desing with Moblox, another blocks brand. Feel free to add more information (article is in German):
https://www.stonewars.de/news/razor-crest-wortmarke-deutschland/

klinton

You just completely fail at reading comprehension, eh?

The issue of using a fan design is on the part of this 'Modblox' company, and thd knock off produt they're trying to peddle. Lego has done nothing wrong except fall victim to a shady AF small potatoes clone brand.

The set is not in any trouble. It will just be released with an alternate name while Lucasfilm sorts out the legalities.

Lordmoral

klinton said:

You just completely fail at reading comprehension, eh?

The issue of using a fan design is on the part of this 'Modblox' company, and thd knock off produt they're trying to peddle. Lego has done nothing wrong except fall victim to a shady AF small potatoes clone brand.

The set is not in any trouble. It will just be released with an alternate name while Lucasfilm sorts out the legalities.

I mention the Modblox desing in the discussion as well the fan desing, but will that mean that anyone can now make a LEPIN model of a SW ship and say LEGO infringed on their desing?

CCC

No, it won't.

SumoLego

I did my best to passively push this topic off of the front page.  I turn around for five minutes, and here it is... again.

They could call this set 'Space Garbage Truck', as long as it has The Child, it'll sell out everywhere.  As an aside, if you don't have the licensee right to the IP in that jurisdiction, you can't claim infringement.  It's not your IP for which to enforce such a claim.

I still like MandoLorean.

Lordmoral

SumoLego said:

I did my best to passively push this topic off of the front page.  I turn around for five minutes, and here it is... again.

They could call this set 'Space Garbage Truck', as long as it has The Child, it'll sell out everywhere.  As an aside, if you don't have the licensee right to the IP in that jurisdiction, you can't claim infringement.  It's not your IP for which to enforce such a claim.

I still like MandoLorean.

Thanks for the thing, although LEGO has been using fan models for sets lately. Remeber that Jurassic Park brick built T-Rex that garnered 10k votes in the Idea platform and was not approved? It came originally froma JP themed project with: the gate, characters of the movie and a Ford Explorer which was eliminated by LEGO because they lost the right to the JP license before getting it back, the similarities between both the product and the fan made submission were very striking.

SumoLego

And now I'm trapped in the swamp.  @klinton - this is your fault.  You just couldn't let this topic swirl down the bowl?  

However, I did 'Like' your comment.  Perhaps I need some self-reflection time to consider my life choices.  Maybe I should sell Death Sticks.

Anyway, it is clear to me when someone is completely ignorant with respect to a certain topic or (in this case) a specialized sub-category of a jurisdiction-specific legal framework for protecting non-tangible property.  

First - LEGO does not use 'fan' created models without appropriate compensation.  Or they use their own independently-created designs, which may look similar.

So, I'll put it this way - just because someone makes a JP Gate out of LEGO, unless they have a contract with Universal or with LEGO, they have no ability to enforce an action for infringement. 

In this instance with the Razor Crest, it has nothing to do with the design - this has to do with squatters' rights to the word.  Happens with domain squatters and trademark squatters all of the time.

Just wait until LEGO tries to register 'www.mandolorean.com'.  They'll come groveling to me...  bwahahahahahaha!

klinton

SumoLego said:

And now I'm trapped in the swamp.  @klinton - this is your fault.  You just couldn't let this topic swirl down the bowl? 

I'm sorry. I try not to open these, but morbid curiosity usually gets the best of me. It's just so surreal, every time. I think I'm reaching that tipping point where I no longer hate it so much as take a lurid enjoyment out of the inevitable train wreck.

autolycus

SumoLego said:

I still like MandoLorean.

I like ManDeLorean. Have Baby Doc Brown instead of Baby Yoda.

560Heliport

(Munching popcorn)

jmeninno

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...or Desinger...or LegoFan...or LegoFan2...or...

pxchris

Why do we all (I'm just as guilty) keep doing this to ourselves by ever opening any of the topics this nincompoop posts?

Bumblepants

No has mentioned that this topic has already been an ongoing discussion in the General Star Wars thread since August 23. Anything useful or otherwise on the subject can be added there to keep the conversation in one place.

KungFuKenny

pxchris said:

Why do we all (I'm just as guilty) keep doing this to ourselves by ever opening any of the topics this nincompoop posts?

It’s like watching Tiger King, or maybe a slow-motion car accident - you might feel a little guilty but it’s hard to turn away!

Lordmoral

Bumblepants said:

No has mentioned that this topic has already been an ongoing discussion in the General Star Wars thread since August 23. Anything useful or otherwise on the subject can be added there to keep the conversation in one place.

Since the 23rd of August this was a thing? Brickset must have been very busy then. The article that I cited thanks to Brickset does continue to update itself as the case moves on. 

CCC

Bumblepants said:

No has mentioned that this topic has already been an ongoing discussion in the General Star Wars thread since August 23. Anything useful or otherwise on the subject can be added there to keep the conversation in one place.

Why keep it in one place? Everyone should start their own thread on it. That way, you can say the same thing in many places, over and over again. Or alternatively take opposing views in different threads for fun. :-)

560Heliport

I want to take opposing views in the same comment! No, I don't! Yes, I do!!

Tkatt

This seems like one of those threads that you'd have to be an idiot to leave a comment on.

drdavewatford

Please, make it stop.

Oh, hang on....