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Another cano'snakes for brewery cars, Hershey train sets, etc? Lot's of that stuff is already being made under trademark licences. That's why coke boxcars cost more and have a regestered trademark logo on them. That's why Atherns are the only producers to make John Deere tractors in HO. That's why Farmalls are refered to as "red Tractors" in the Walthers catalog and have no logos. This isn't a new thing as the orginal posting would lead one to believe. This is an old issue. UP is being beat up on because they said something about their trademark being illegally poached by train makers. So UP is being made out to be Aholes for doing what 1000s of other companies already do, controlling who uses and makes money off their name and trademark. I'm sure BNSF and CSX feel the same way, but they are not as vocal as UP and are setting back and watching. And another reason it's been going on so long is the train hobby was basically a small time industury and wasn't worth the trouble. Then McDonalds and Disney started selling their logos. Now everyone wants to sell their image, including UP. The base question is, would Bachmann sell more trains with an UP logo or with a Bachmann logo painted on it. If they would sell more with UP then they are profiting from UP's logo. But either way they are in violation of US laws without a licences.
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