Legal Opinion
Lego A/S v. Best-Lock Construction Toys, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 11, 2012No. 3:11-CV-1586 (CSH)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:
I. Introduction
Plaintiffs Lego A/S and Lego Systems, Inc. (collectively “Lego”) have manufactured toys called “minifigures” since 1978.1 Lego’s minifigures depict people, all having the same shape but varying two-dimensional representations of facial features and clothing styles on the head and torso respectively. They are designed so that the user can disassemble them and attach them to other figures and studded blocks. Each minifigure has a cylindrical head, a cylindrical neck, a trapezoidal torso, bent…
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