EX G-CCMY

LOL (Puts legal hat on 😉 )

Sounds right Pablo.

(Puts legal hat on)

You can’t register a copyright at all in the UK (you can in the US though). A copyright is automatically assigned to the author of a work of art (which could include a livery I suppose). A copyright remains with the author for his lifetime plus 70 years after death and gives protection against actual copies of his/her work without taking any action whatsoever.

I think what you’re talking about is a trademark. These are registrable in almost all countries (including the UK) and provide protection against copies of logos, names, mottos etc. In this respect, MYT would have probably registered its trademark.

This could be enforced if it were copied (e.g. if a UK airline called Your Travel was set up with a similar livery, logo etc) based on the similarity with that of MYT – the public may get confused etc… However, as One2Go passengers aren’t likely to confuse this a/c with a MYT, and it isn’t actually the airline’s proper colour scheme, I doubt MYT could take legal action.

Thats what I thought, I didnt think they could copyright colours and shapes.

Liveries aren’t copyrighted, per se.

Logos, names and other like symbols can and are copyrighted. However a colour scheme isn’t as such.

For example, if I was to design a scheme for an airline that basically copied, say CX then I’d have CX rain down on me like a ton of bricks as it is their identity.

In general, one does not make a direct copy of another airlines livery. Its generally bad form and won’t get you very far.

You cant really copyright colours.

when you say you cant copyright colours, the design is still the same

You can register the livery (i.e. design, colour and shapes) as a trademark, which I’m sure they would have done. Copyright only applies to works of art.

Not the nicest of liveries!!!

I flew on this aircraft when it was G-OBWS at British World… pretty shabby inside too

when you say you cant copyright colours, the design is still the same

Yeah, but nothing on that plane says ‘MyTravel’.

Alot of airlines dont bother painting the planes when they come from other airlines.

For Example:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/538964/M

horrible

when you say you cant copyright colours, the design is still the same

An improvement.

The MyTravel colour is not a fantastic one anyway.

Gordon Bennet!!! That has to be the one of the worst bright coloured liveries ever!

Well its got no MyTravel logos on it has it? You cant really copyright colours.

wouldnt my travel own the rights to that livery and therefore no-one else can use it

They must have got and painted CCMY before they ran into all their money troubles.

And the current operator now might only have it short term, therefore been no point them repainting it?

It’s a sad day when an airline is using a livery as an interim from another airline that hasn’t even got it’s entire fleet painted in what it calls it’s current livery?

Why, why why ?

Good heavens above!!!! 😮

Still, give them credit for providing employment opportunities for blind aircraft painters. 😀

That looks awful! 😮 😮

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/583625/M/

Sorry, that link didnt work too long!

Have to agree that it looks awful. The adaptation of the MYT livery really doesn’t work.