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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BR60103 ...If you were planning to market a line of pre-built layouts, the considerations would be different. [/quote] This is an interesting concept which i vaguely considered and quickly came to the conclusion that: 1. It would be an honor for someone to like a trackplan and use it as the basis for their own layout. 2. When i publish a trackplan or print it for sale, I would expect that no one would use the exact plan itself for commercial use; ie they should not photocopy my plan and sell the copies. An actual railroad is different - there are only so many basic track arrangements available; can you imagine the mayhem if makers of RR kits decided to lay claim to their trackplans or any trackplan that resembled it? Soon no one could build a layout! Most variations on the basic topologies are already in the public domain. A attempted design patent or copyright of a trackplan would not be worth the effort; by changing the length of a siding by 1mm the design has been changed.
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