tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8685686945800736846..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Past Historic 9: When plastic is magnetic -- the early days of LegoVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72782096040437305302013-11-06T06:01:37.675+00:002013-11-06T06:01:37.675+00:00There is something of an update in Hitting the Bri...There is something of an update in Hitting the Bricks: Protecting the LEGO® Brick around the World, Aldo Nicotra, in Landmark Intellectual Property Cases and their Legacy, Christopher Heath and Anselm Kamperman Sanders (eds) Kluwer Law International, 2010 David Muskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412529027408896735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80649615316092243122012-01-01T14:44:01.271+00:002012-01-01T14:44:01.271+00:00I remember that the late Brian Reid had a file abo...I remember that the late Brian Reid had a file about the invention of Lego. I don't know what has become of his magnificent IP library. But my recollection is that Page or Kiddicraft sued Lego for infringement of his patent, got into difficulties and settled on the basis of a payment for assigning the patent to Lego. An example of British innovation being ruined by the cost of British litigation?Jonathan Turnerhttp://www.jonathanturner.comnoreply@blogger.com