![How LEGO Built – and Maintains – A "Monopoly-Like" Position, One Plastic Brick at a Time - The Fashion Law How LEGO Built – and Maintains – A "Monopoly-Like" Position, One Plastic Brick at a Time - The Fashion Law](https://www.thefashionlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-25-at-10.18.05-AM.png)
How LEGO Built – and Maintains – A "Monopoly-Like" Position, One Plastic Brick at a Time - The Fashion Law
![Sarah Burstein on Twitter: ".@LEGO_Group v. @OYOSports: Another case of LEGO attempting to using copyright & trademark law to stop others from using a design claimed in an expired patent (specifically, the Sarah Burstein on Twitter: ".@LEGO_Group v. @OYOSports: Another case of LEGO attempting to using copyright & trademark law to stop others from using a design claimed in an expired patent (specifically, the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG1mcg1WwAIYhDf.jpg)
Sarah Burstein on Twitter: ".@LEGO_Group v. @OYOSports: Another case of LEGO attempting to using copyright & trademark law to stop others from using a design claimed in an expired patent (specifically, the
![Sarah Burstein on Twitter: "(Side note: LEGO *did* elect here. It got a design patent. When it expired, LEGO reneged on its contract with the public and sought further exclusivity through copyright. Sarah Burstein on Twitter: "(Side note: LEGO *did* elect here. It got a design patent. When it expired, LEGO reneged on its contract with the public and sought further exclusivity through copyright.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG6vwJeWsAEi9uD.png:large)