MTH Electric Trains controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2000
MTH-Lionel trade-secrets litigation
MTH accused Lionel of industrial espionage and relied in part on electronic drawing files and the South Korean criminal case. A later jury verdict favoring MTH was overturned on appeal because of trial errors, and the companies ultimately settled.
1999
Industrial espionage involving alleged MTH design theft
Three former employees of Korea Brass were convicted in South Korea in a case involving the theft and use of proprietary MTH designs in models produced for Lionel.