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Vova2017-04-12 12:38:30
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Vova, 2017-04-12 12:38:30

Is it possible to clone a [iron] toy?

Hello.
Such a problem.
I am a computer programmer.
And a radio amateur as a hobby.
I suddenly realized that I want to take an arduino, write firmware and make a clone of some piece of iron.
(Well, let it be Lego Mindstorm, Tetris, or whatever).
And so I go to github and post the firmware.
Which lies in the Lego folder (for example) has the file name Lego.ino (for example). And inside it is honestly written that it is supposedly "This project is a clone of Lego".
At the same time, according to external signs, it does something similar (turns motors, reads color and distance sensors), but all the code is mine. (And iron never looks like it at all, and everything is from eBay).
The question is: what does this mean for me? Is the Lego company upset that I'm using its name? And if so, by changing the names in all places to Lego Clone, will I achieve happiness?

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freeExec, 2017-04-12
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Lego is a registered trademark, you may not use it. You can imitate and be like him, but you cannot promote yourself at the expense of someone else's brand.

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dummyman, 2017-04-12
@dummyman

There is no need to approach the matter in a Jewish way, solve problems as they arise.
Why bother thinking? Need to do! And then you will think about what you will do!
The Lego company will also think 1000 times whether it is worth suing you, what, how and how they will prove to the court.
If you think about legal issues, you will be able to make the first invention exactly at the moment when all world governments fall.

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