Parents Won Legal Battle to Name Kid “Lego”

After a legal battle, a Swedish couple have won the right to name their baby son … Lego!

Couples in Sweden have previously run into trouble with officials over the names Ikea, Veranda, Metallica and the use of Elvis for a girl.

But the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeals has now overruled an earlier decision to stop a couple naming their child after the brightly coloured plastic building blocks.

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Previously on Neatorama: 10 Strangest Names EVAR!

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June 9, 2008 at 1:34 pm by Alex
Category: Baby & Kid

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10 comments to "Parents Won Legal Battle to Name Kid “Lego”"

Benedikt
June 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Should’ve been rather easy if they said it was latin and didn’t habe anything to do with a plastic toy.
kid_icarus
June 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
i wonder he will have to write his name in all caps and have a circle r after it. . . and on anything he writes his name on will he have to put the approved legal at the bottom……
sam
June 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Lego is an extremely litigious company. Moreso than any other toy company, I think. They tried to sue me once:

http://gthing.net/my-first-potential-lawsuit/
stormie24
June 9th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
what is the obsession with obscure names over there? is it just in defiance of the goverment screening the names of their children? if so, poor kids….
Vako
June 9th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
So people in Sweden are not free to name their children what they want? Their government regulates child names???

That is micro-management to the N’th degree. That’s Socialism for ya…
DOJ
June 10th, 2008 at 12:38 am
where did the Swedish government get this power over people’s names?
Mayor of Kentonville.com
June 10th, 2008 at 5:15 am
His big brother was named Duplo. Yes, thats right I laughed at my own joke and it felt good.
Evilbeagle
June 10th, 2008 at 8:46 am
While I think naming one’s child Lego is pretty messed up, that Sweden and other countries are so controlling over this is plain disturbing.
Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
June 10th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
The government shouldn’t have a problem with it. But the parents have to be prepared for the lawsuits from the copyright holders. I can’t wait to see what happens to the parents of Kleenex, Xerox, and Rollerblade. You know it’s going to happen one of these days…
Thomas
June 10th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Ahh, I got beaten to the Duplo comment. Damn.

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