▁the ▁company ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁It ▁then ▁passed ▁to ▁his ▁nep hew , ▁Geoff rey ▁Mid dup . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁that ▁a ▁limited ▁company ▁was ▁formed . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁" F el ix ▁the ▁Cat ▁Cre ations ▁Inc .", ▁a ▁large ▁United ▁States ▁company , ▁approached ▁Felix ▁and ▁claimed ▁it ▁owned ▁copy right ▁for ▁images ▁of ▁c ats ▁used ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁Felix ▁name . ▁While ▁it ▁provided ▁no ▁evidence , ▁Felix ▁decided ▁they ▁couldn ' t ▁afford ▁to ▁fight ▁any ▁court ▁case , ▁so ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁all ▁cat ▁images ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁every ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁bus ▁operations ▁( Black ▁Cat , ▁( Il k eston ▁Hospital - Il k eston - West ▁Hall am - St an ley - Ch add es den - Der by ) ▁and ▁the ▁Il k eston ▁Fly er ▁( Il k eston - Der by , ▁limited ▁stop )) ▁would ▁be ▁sold ▁to ▁Mid land ▁General , ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁the ▁Well g lade ▁Group , ▁who ▁also ▁operated ▁a ▁Black ▁Cat ▁between ▁Il k eston ▁and ▁Derby , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁Il k eston ▁Fly er ▁depart ures ▁each ▁hour . ▁This ▁transfer ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁bus ▁services ▁then ▁operating ▁from ▁Tr ent b art on '