It is also worth noting that MTH had a hand in resolving the UP fiasco, (which, BTW, appeared to include UP claiming rights to IP which they did not have, such as heralds of railroads that never became part of UP).
Overall, my position is to be happy for the new products from Lionel (well, not so much the transparent 0-6-0 and caboose...), and wait and see on what, if anything, comes from MTH. I would tend to think that the new product rather than re-hashed old Flyer models from Lionel is driving any MTH interest. If their Lionel sees money in our market, MTH most likely figures it's worth looking into and maybe dipping a toe to test the water. Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 2/29/12, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: Many of the problems and lawsuits that have happened come from two sources, that being intellectual property like software codes/circuits and the different cultures that are designing much of the stuff we buy. Add in some long ago ruffled feathers from past dealings and you have big potential problem. I think over the years Lionel, K-Line, MTH, UP and a couple of others have been paying lawyers to push their side. I today's world all the easy problems have been solved, so now we are dealing with situations that often don't have clear answers. We all remember when the UP got involved with others using their logos and slogans. Most of us agree the UP had every right to guard their property but they also seemed to be very heavy-handed in doing so. Now you add the China factor of ignoring patents and copyrights you can have major problems. Sometimes the importer isn't even aware of the what was actually happening or conveniently ignores the obvious. Maybe those well-paid lawyers are buying trains with their cut of the settlement money. Bob Werre
