#Mega blocks legos registration#

I am here to tell them that they are wrong. These people believe that since Mega Bloks are 'compatible' with Lego, that means they are just as good. Many people (such as parents looking for a cheaper alternative) think that it is just a personal preference. I wound up getting 4950 Loader-Dozer from the Rock Raiders theme so it was a great trade in my opinion.

In fact, I even asked my aunt and uncle for the reciept on a mega bloks skate park set they bought me one year for my birthday so that I could buy a lego set. That pretty much ended my interest in ever getting another megabloks set. Meanwhile, I was standing at the top of the stairs with an evil laugh thinking to myself, 'If you're going to radomly lose bloks, then I'm going to give you a reason to lose them!' Watching that set explode was definitely the most fun I had with it. It was missing a wheel or two and shed most of it's body on the way down. At last the pathetic excuse for a toy came to busted halt at the bottom of the stairs. It was a glorious sight as the beast dissapeared into a haze of purple bloks that were flung off during its first and last journey. Therefore, I 'maturely' remedied the situation by 'zooming' the truck off the top of the stairs and watching it flip over and over, crashing, smashing, and tumbling its way down. However, random pieces started popping off again when I would press a different piece into place. This time i only needed to place one or two more pieces and the thing would have been complete. When I was a little older, I tried to put it together again. It was very frustrating, and I put it away. About half way through the build, a few pieces would pop off when I pressed a piece on. I remember recieving a Mega Bloks monster truck as a child. Mega Bloks debate with my 'professional' opinion. Mega Brands shares gained two cents, or 4.17 per cent, at 50 cents in morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.I just graduated in spring 2013 with a mechanical engineering degree, and the sole purpose of this blog post is to weigh in on the famous Lego vs. The plastic blocks were the first toy manufactured by Mega Brands in 1984.

#Mega blocks legos registration#

applied to have the registration annulled, arguing it contravened legislation.

The Canadian toy manufacturer then known as Mega Bloks Inc. The trademark registered by Lego in 1996 came into effect throughout the European Union in October 1999. It claimed consumers are misled by the similarities in the two products manufactured by the two rivals. Lego said it has no option but accept the court's ruling that its iconic blocks are functional.īut the privately held company said its desire to register the brick as a three-dimensional trademark is not for marketing reasons alone. Montreal-based Mega Brands said the ruling doesn't have an impact on its operations in Europe because it upholds a registration decision that has been applicable since 2004. Lego's patents, which protected its toy, expired long ago. The court's ruling says companies can't use trademark law to indefinitely perpetuate exclusive rights relating to technical solutions. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, ends a long-standing dispute between the two toy companies. ((Michael Armstrong/Homer News/Associated Press))The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg validated a lower-court ruling that Lego's bricks can't be legally protected by trademark law because their two rows of interlocking studs are a functional, technical shape that cannot become the property of any one company. The makers of Lego have lost a trademark suit with Canada's Mega Brands. Esther Hill sits behind a Lego town she made from numerous kits at her East End Road home in Homer, Alaska, on Aug.