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

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...