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RE: O'Reilly book news
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 22:34:31 GMT
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Jim Thomas <jim.thomas@trwIHATESPAM.com>
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Title was: LEGO® MINDSTORMS(TM) Robots
New title: EUROSTYLEPLASTICBINDINGBLOCKS® BRAINSQUALLS(TM) Robots
And of course O'Reilly can register and trademark these so LEGO® can't steal
them -- 'cause you know they would want to.
JT
-----Original Message-----
From: lehman@javanet.com [mailto:lehman@javanet.com]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 2:56 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: O'Reilly book news
Jonathan Knudsen:
> Basically we need to change the title in order to avoid marketplace
> confusion--it needs to be very clear that our product is not produced
> or supported by LEGO. We'll also have a prominent disclaimer inside
> somewhere. We're following our lawyers' suggestions to minimize our
> legal risk.
>
> We'll see what happens.
How about a "name the book" contest?
- Learning NQC, pbFORTH, and legOS
- Mastering Plastic Binding Brick Robots with Lots of Neat Moving Parts
- RCX Programming in a Nutshell
- RCX Hacking: The Definitive Guide
- Essential Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Hacking with Third-Party
Software
- Programming LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Robots using Unofficial Software
- LEGO® MINDSTORMS(tm) Annoyances
:*)
--Todd
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| Books I wish someone would write: "How to convince your wife to let you leave DACTA on speed-dial." "101 cool things you could do if you only had a sensor you don't have and 5 wierd little pieces from a discontinued set." "Fiber Optic Piece: not as (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) In case you don't know, "mindstorms" and "constructopedia" were both used by Seymour Papert long before LEGO started using them as trademarks (although both are now registered trademarks of the LEGO group). See: Abstract of application to NSF (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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