Yes, I think I would raise a complaint as well. How will they know unless you tell 'em?

Having said that, I've found most Premier Inns to be pretty good, although the breakfasts can be a bit variable.

Cheers,

Chris

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Quote from: Richard Taylor on Yesterday at 12:17:04 PMAdam
Get a lawyer onto this if it matters to you. Don't ask for business legal or copyright advice on a model railway forum. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Richard

Agree, and a specialist in copyright / IP to boot

Generally no - you need someone familiar with contract law to figure out the contractual position. Copyright/IP lawyers are important for many things like slander of title, arguments about derivative works and the like but "who owns X" in this kind of situation is a contract and company law matter.

Furthermore if you start with a general solicitor dealing in contract law they are obliged by their professional standards requirements to tell you if a piece of work is beyond their expertise and remit so will do so if that is the case.

Plus versus the costs of an experienced IP lawyer it would be cheaper to redraw them all 


It's all getting a year ahead of it anyway. Companies House is slow, the same things can appear in the record if a company is being converted from ltd company to privately held and so on.

When I untangled Ultima from being a ltd company it sat for months showing things overdue and everything was fine.

Quote from: GrahamB on Today at 09:12:06 AMPlease, please, please can someone aquire the artwork and restart the company? It's a massive resource to lose.

Easier said than done because you have to know who owns what rights.

If the artwork was owned by the company then anyone can apply to purchase the artwork when/if the company goes bankrupt and the money will be used to help pay the creditors. Even if they were sold to the company with a royalty agreement this is the case, in fact the contract usually ends up void so the new owner doesn't have to pay the royalties any more! Plenty of musicians got screwed over by that one.

If the company is struck off then its assests go to the crown (or one or two other duchys like lancaster) and can be purchased in some cases from the relevant crown estate.

Quote from: Bealman on Yesterday at 02:13:42 AMOh you doubters. See what happens when you drink VB?

You win a football! (Needs inflating, and it's a rugby ball - rugby league is known as footy here)

Give it a minute or 2 and the 'beer' will look as flat as the inflatable egg.

I'd be taking them up on the guaranteed crap.

Premier Inn slogan is "Good night's sleep - Guaranteed"
I couldn't get to sleep owing to a very noisy extractor fan in the bathroom. The only way to stop it was to remove my keycard from the slot by the door. After about 3 minutes all power was cut so you do have time to get back to bed. Trouble is, if you have to get up in the night (which I frequently do) you have to fumble for your card in the dark and feel your way in the pitch black to the slot. Meantime, the fan in the next door room was merrily creating a racket until they realised what to do. There was also a whirring noise all night which couldn't have been aircon as it's not warm enough.
2 and a half hours of sleep.
Then when I went to breakfast the cafe was rammed and I was asked to return in half an hour.
I can't wait for the inevitable 'How did we do?' E mail

Oh yes, the switch for the bedside light is so high up you have to sit up to reach it

Please, please, please can someone aquire the artwork and restart the company? It's a massive resource to lose.

Its no big deal if Electra Rail are struck off companies house as a registered business, unless that is of course they are owing money and the administrators are called in.

However anyone can start up a business using that name but 'Trading As' (T/As) in fact there could be many Electra Rail company names dotted all over the UK, as there is no specific legal limit for T/As names. The only legal requirement is that trademarks from a registered company are not infringed.

@Adam1701D Regarding copyrights to your art work, did you gain any copyright licenses? Knowing you I guess that you would have!

Quote from: Richard Taylor on Yesterday at 12:17:04 PMAdam
Get a lawyer onto this if it matters to you. Don't ask for business legal or copyright advice on a model railway forum. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Richard

Agree, and a specialist in copyright / IP to boot

Luv Gladys


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