Overland T55?

Published December 2003

November 2006

Union Pacific has also decided to change its trademark-licensing program so that model railroad manufacturers will no longer have to pay a royalty, and will enjoy a perpetual license to use Union Pacific trademarks and paint designs on model railroad products.

UP realized that it would get the crap kicked out of itself in court and came to their senses:

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It's difficult to retroactively protect your trade and copy rights.

Paul

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Paul Newhouse
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Yes, the dates were clearly stated in those links.

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Mark Mathu

Today, T55 announced that their GE Evolution and EMD SD70AC lomotive tooling was sold to Athearn, and the T55 line is being terminated. They also said "... this acquisition has been in the works for quite some time but could not be disclosed until the sale was completed. "

Here is the announcement on T55's and Athearn's web sites:

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?id=1503 Athearn won't be carrying on the entire line, and any backorders with T55 will not be carried forward to Athearn.

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Mark Mathu

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