Quote from: GrahamB on May 16, 2026, 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 May 15, 2026, 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 May 15, 2026, 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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9lh8TiSM

Adam
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

Their website T's & C's don't mention their stance over copyright or more importantly intellectual property.  It only states

Quote1.6 Any material that a visitor to this website sends or posts to this website shall be considered non-proprietary and non confidential. We shall be entitled to copy, disclose, distribute or use for such other purpose as we deem appropriate all material provided to us, with the exception of personal information, the use of which is covered under our Privacy Policy.

To me this states that anything provided to them such as artwork, images etc can be used however they want to use them, as if you as the creator has no control of where they end up.

The only thing that would concern me if it were my business is that any artwork submitted is replicating a full size livery that a 3rd party designed and applied to the full size vehicle who would own the copyright / IP of that design.  Thus anyone replicating said livery would need permissions from the originator who came up with the livery.

Again, just my thoughts, I'm no legal expert... you would need a specialist copyright lawyer to confirm where / who owns full copyright.