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Pitfalls of Buying Heritage Brands - Aiwa Co Ltd. v Aiwa Corporation

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Aiwa Tape Recorder Author: BlueBreezeWiki   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikipedia Aiwa Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Mann)  Aiwa Co. Ltd v Aiwa Corporation [2019] EWHC 3468 (Ch) (13 Dec 2019) This was an appeal by Aiwa Co. Ltd . against Mr Mark Bryant's decision on behalf of the Registrar of Trade Marks in Re AIWA trade marks, Aiwa Co. Ltd. v Aiwa Corporation   BL O/071/19 4 Feb 2019 to revoke trade mark numbers 1067377 ,  1313883 , 1483522 , 1483523   and 1500565  for non-use and to allow trade mark number  3242803  to proceed to grant in the name of Aiwa Corporation .  The appeal was heard by Mr Justice Mann on 21 Nov 2019. He delivered judgment on 13 Dec 2019. In  Aiwa Co. Ltd v Aiwa Corporation  [2019] EWHC 3468 (Ch) (13 Dec 2019) his lordship dismissed the appeal though for different reasons than those of the hearing officer. There was once another company called Aiwa...