Oligarch sues Lego

[RichardGoring]

15 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I think @RichardGoring meant calling LEGO „not a necessity“  But yeah, I’m in favour of bringing out the ban hammer for using „LeGoS“

Ha! I totally missed the S. Yes, it was 'not a necessity'. Ha ha!

Although as someone from the UK now living in the US, it does jar when I hear people here say legos.

2 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

If you ban me, then I'll just make you pay a Gold Brick to read everyone one of my comments! Then we'll see who wins 

That being said - I'm fine with calling Legos "Legos." I know why it's improper, but I really don't care - and there's far more important things to worry about with Legos anyways.

And as far as possible US tariffs go, apparently they have been delayed for Mexico by at least a month now.

If you do, then I'll sue that you didn't force people to buy my brand of gold bricks. 

Good news about the delay, but it also means another month of BS and nonsense. Well, years, most likely, but oh well.

[Yoggington]

I note that Nestle are also included in the suit.

I'm not sure that's a fight Musk can win.

[SpacePolice89]

1 hour ago, Yoggington said:

I note that Nestle are also included in the suit.

I'm not sure that's a fight Musk can win.

It is like Don Quixote and the windmills.

[Murdoch17]

2 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I note that Nestle are also included in the suit.

I'm not sure that's a fight Musk can win.

agreed.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I'm not sure that's a fight Musk can win.

In a sane world? No. But the inmates are running the asylum now. Wait until they make it illegal not to have an account on Xitter. Why do we live in a world where Bond villains and comic book villains exist, but the heroes don‘t?!

[anothergol]

I don't like Musk at all and this is only one of the stupid things he has piled up, however..

the keyword (from the article) here is conspiracy. Conspiracies between brands/companies is a real thing and it's generally illegal. But most of the time it's companies doing the same thing that conspire to keep prices high & avoid competition, which is bad for the consumer. I don't see the point of such a conspiracy here, nor how it'd be bad for the consumer.

 

[FGMatt]

On 3/23/2025 at 9:50 PM, anothergol said:

I don't like Musk at all and this is only one of the stupid things he has piled up, however..

the keyword (from the article) here is conspiracy. Conspiracies between brands/companies is a real thing and it's generally illegal. But most of the time it's companies doing the same thing that conspire to keep prices high & avoid competition, which is bad for the consumer. I don't see the point of such a conspiracy here, nor how it'd be bad for the consumer.

 

Indeed. Companies collaborating with one another to deny business to another would generally be illegal.

However, companies setting up a non-profit organisation dedicated to corporate responsibility and then following its guidance seems perfectly legitimate, so long as it's actually doing just that - which is what would seem to be the case here.