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Well Dave, here's the deal with decals as I see it. Most decal makers are small time cottage industries. Say you make a UP decal set. Step 1 is the UP would be required to send a cease and desist letter. If you blow that off then they take you to Federal Court. This requires time and money to be spent by UP and if they win they get the profit you made from poaching their trademark. Wow, $75. Spent $100,000. Vary rarely do the courts award attorney fees, and if they did, how will UP collect from you? So I think decals will continue to exsist, they are too easy to make. But if you are Bachmann making locos you might be worth going after. <br /> As to fallen flags, well the new owners purchased them. They got all the assets as well as all the debts. Copyright and trademark laws gives time limits to how long a work is valid. I'm thinking it's 99 years. So they own it that long. Sorry, but they do. <br /> If this goes on I might look into making decals and custom locos myself. There are always alternatives!
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