12-12-2008, 08:04 PM
Here's my take on it.
The old logo was original. If you remember, when the Gauge changed hands, and became Zealot, the old Gauge logo was no where to be seen..Anywhere!
When CG bought Zealot, the old logo was not revised, nor do I think CG even knew there was one, or cared. That put the old logo in limbo, and lost to time.
I remember when the UP tried to trademark all the railroads they gobbled up, because model manufacturers were still selling schemes in Western Pacific, Southern Pacific, C&NW, ect..ect..and the UP wanted royallties. The courts said that they couldn't trademark a logo, from something that no longer exsisted, and that they had to of trademarked the logos under UP ownership during the takeovers. They never did.
Thats why they have six SD70's painted in railroads they took over. If anything, the UP can only receive royalties if someone does a model of a SD70 in their "Heritage Fleet" schemes.
I think the old logo falls under that ruling.
The old logo was original. If you remember, when the Gauge changed hands, and became Zealot, the old Gauge logo was no where to be seen..Anywhere!
When CG bought Zealot, the old logo was not revised, nor do I think CG even knew there was one, or cared. That put the old logo in limbo, and lost to time.
I remember when the UP tried to trademark all the railroads they gobbled up, because model manufacturers were still selling schemes in Western Pacific, Southern Pacific, C&NW, ect..ect..and the UP wanted royallties. The courts said that they couldn't trademark a logo, from something that no longer exsisted, and that they had to of trademarked the logos under UP ownership during the takeovers. They never did.
Thats why they have six SD70's painted in railroads they took over. If anything, the UP can only receive royalties if someone does a model of a SD70 in their "Heritage Fleet" schemes.
I think the old logo falls under that ruling.
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NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.