Richard Siegel and Blanca Gudino, 39, were arrested on Wednesday after detectives found more than 2,800 LEGO boxes at Siegel's Long Beach, California, home.
You’re diving into Intellectual Property law here, and there’s lots of nuance beyond just registered trademarks.
You could likely be fine selling a round pastry filled with apples call “LEGOS”. If there was a trademark for it at one time, and it has been abandoned, you might even be able to register the trademark yourself for your round pastries.
What do you think would happen if you tried to sell “Legos”?
Do you think Lego would agree with you then?
You’re diving into Intellectual Property law here, and there’s lots of nuance beyond just registered trademarks.
You could likely be fine selling a round pastry filled with apples call “LEGOS”. If there was a trademark for it at one time, and it has been abandoned, you might even be able to register the trademark yourself for your round pastries.
Or try to argue genericide, and get their trademark invalidated.