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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Why are you opposed to offbrand bricks? The way look at it the patents are expired and the purpose of patents is to enable a short term monopoly to create a profit motive for innovation. But after the patents expire then the invention belongs to everyone to build upon.

    I dislike 1:1 copies of Lego sets. But copying the bricks is fine with me- and actually a good thing long term I think.


  • Why are you opposed to offbrand bricks? The way I look at it the patents are expired and the purpose of patents is to enable a short term monopoly to create a profit motive for innovation. But after the patents expire then the invention belongs to everyone to build upon.

    I dislike 1:1 copies of Lego sets. But copying the bricks is fine with me- and actually a good thing long term I think.