Lego Minifigure IP Case Dismissed After Failure to Serve

Lego AS’s copyright and trademark suit against a company that makes light-up construction toys was dismissed by a Connecticut federal court after Lego failed to provide proof that it served Laser Pegs Ventures LLC.

Lego told the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in its May complaint that Laser Pegs’ figurines are strikingly similar to its Minifigures and infringe its copyrights and trademarks. The Florida company’s figurines are likely to cause consumer confusion with Lego’s Minifigures, and Laser Pegs also misuses trademarks covering Lego’s distinctive brick-connecting “studs,” according to the complaint.

The court dismissed the case on Nov. ...