QUOTE: You are a stock holder or a high official for NS..Would you want to see the NS paint scheme with Nazi Southern on the model locomotive or car? Yes,friends there has been cars on e bay with some rather disgusting spoofs of road names..
QUOTE: And alot of people think UP doesnt have the right or moral right to licens SP,CNW,MP,ECT....but guess what they do, they own those RR's so UP can licens them if they want to.
Dan
QUOTE: Originally posted by cheater2 The letter stated that "Our firm has made numerous efforts to contact you." Well, I haven't moved for the last 18 years. I've been right here.
QUOTE: They claim my decals are "likely to cause confusion or mistake. It will deceive the public in to thinking that you and your company have some affiliation or connection with CSX and that CSX has authorized their products."
QUOTE: It states that "I must cease and desist using all CSX marks immediately and destroy all products featuring the mark by Aug 31, 2004."
QUOTE: Believe it or not, this list is a very long list covering railraods in the 1890's. How about Alabama Mineral and Chesapeake & Nashville etc.?" I question whether CSX has the right under existing intellectual property law to claim ownership of logos they stopped using years ago and for logos that they have not acted to protect for years. Wish I knew an intellectual property law attorney to put these questions to.
QUOTE: Originally posted by cuddlyjools I sit over here in England with open mouthed amazement, is it really true that Railroads are licencing there trademarks, when will this nonsense all end. I agree that this shouldnt upset our modelling but what has a model train got to do with corporate imaging. I feel that this is only the result of lawyers who feel that they can squeeze more dollars and cents out of the average modeller. You cant go railfanning now without being harrased by police or some other official, it makes me wonder if Railroads are doing there best to drive away Railfans and modellers
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 In case no one remembers, Amtrak has done it, but there was no uproar because Amtrak wanted to make sure that the impact to model manufacturers was minimized. Additionally, Amtrak mugs, towels, trinkets, etc, do sell! CSX is on the same banadwagon, but again they're "working" with manufacturers instead of "shoving their lawyers down their throats". Big difference in public relations.
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