Brussels, 12/11/2008 (Agence Europe) -On Wednesday 12 November, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities ruled that the image of a "Lego" brick contains certain technical information which must remain available to other companies, and therefore cannot be registered with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).
In October 1999, the three-dimensional sign of a red "Lego" brick, two buttons wide and four buttons long, was registered as a Community trademark...