# Bizarre Non-Trademark Infringing Names for Popular Products **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-non-trademark-infringing-names-for-popular-products/834627 "2019-05-28T05:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
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> [@Acsenray](#): > > Lego is simply following its legal counsels’ advice to avoid genericide. They don’t actually hate the people they send such letters to. The people reading the letters are the ones overreacting. Yeah, but the whole Legos/Lego Bricks stuff is just dumb. I’ve had people bitch on this very board that the plural and singular are both Lego. Talk about being fanboys who need to get lives; getting butthurt about the pluralization of a children’s toy range is pretty much the epitome of toxic dorkiness. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-non-trademark-infringing-names-for-popular-products/834627)._