Lego wants strikingly similar toys to be banned in the US

Three other toy producers put a new toys on the market that were too similar to Lego's Friends collection. The Danish company had brought the case in front of courts of the Uunited States.
Lego's lawyers are claiming that some parts of the figures are using their patents and taking the case to the US International Trade Commision.  The commission will decide weather they ban the product or leave it on the market.

Lego had launched Lego Friends in the US in 2012 and put 40 millio dollars in the marketing.

One of the features of the Friends collection is that all characters have their names and background story, and the company's aim with the collection was to inspire more girls to ty themselves in building  something, improving their creativity.

The three firms are manufacturing in Chinibng and Canada, and if Lego wins the case the import of the product's will be banned from the US.

Source: http://article.wn.com/view/2015/03/11/Lego_seeks_US_ban_of_strikingly_similar_toy_sets/