Was er eerder een bericht dat de merknaam Rover in Chineze handen was gekomen, dat blijkt nu toch weer niet helemaal waar. Volgens een grote krant heeft Ford, de eigenaar van Land Rover de eerste rechten om de merknaam Rover van BMW over te nemen.....
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OT? : Merkrechten Rover
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Hermen Vlothuizen
Re: OT? : Merkrechten Rover
Grappig, da's dan de volgende aap die uit de mouw komt rond die overdracht van merkrechten. Eerder speelde al het wonderlijke verhaal over de rechten op het merk "MG" dat ik voor het gemak maar even hieronder plak.
Hermen
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bron: [www.austin-rover.co.uk]
Dutch twist?
KEITH ADAMS
WE'RE not sure what it means for future MG sales in Europe, but the Receiver, Georg van Daal, acting on behalf of the collapsed MG Rover importer in Holland, has issued a statement to the effect that the European rights to the MG marque are owned by his company - and that the Chinese company tried to extract the rights without paying for them.
Georg van Daal, an agent acting on behalf of the Dutch MG Rover importer's Receivers, found that the rights to the MG marque across twelve European countries belonged to them, and not Nanjing, as has been claimed. Recently the Chinese manufacturer Nanjing stated that they have the intention to build MG-branded cars in the UK - but without European rights, it won't have a marque to sell them under.
Mr. Van Daal accidentally discovered that MG Rover Nederland BV owned the rights to MG in the BeNeLux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and Morocco.
He said: "Nanjing contacted me with the claim that they bought all the rights to the MG brand from PricewaterhouseCoopers and demanded that I sign them over to them for free. Nanjing denied me any access to documents its statement was based on. The only way I could get a look on them was, if I signed an agreement, and that's something I won't do. Nanjing wants something that belongs to the Dutch bankrupt MG Rover branch, so it has to prove it is entitled to the rights.
"Their entire attitude was so British... and that was not a smart move in this case.
"That MG Rover Nederland BV owned the rights to the MG brand isn’t as odd as it seems", according to the receiver. "Due to international (European) laws about intellectual property, which includes also brands and design, it was easier as an UK based firm to use the Dutch branch for the registration of the MG brand. Besides the differences in registration, the Dutch taxes on royalties on the brands are very attractive."
According to Van Daal, Nanjing claims that they bought all the rights to the MG brand. "The British administrators forgot to look to whom the actual rights belonged and they probably discovered it too late."
It's not clear what the rights to the name MG are worth. Mr van Daal doesn't think it will be sold for millions, and that’s a pity for the Dutch MG Rover dealers who still have claims on the bankrupt company. MG Rover dealers are claiming about €5.2m, of which €1.4m has been accepted, with the rest still contested.
It is unclear whether Dutch dealers will be compensated for their losses, but the chances don't look good...
Thanks to George van Nikkelen for the translation.
Hermen
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bron: [www.austin-rover.co.uk]
Dutch twist?
KEITH ADAMS
WE'RE not sure what it means for future MG sales in Europe, but the Receiver, Georg van Daal, acting on behalf of the collapsed MG Rover importer in Holland, has issued a statement to the effect that the European rights to the MG marque are owned by his company - and that the Chinese company tried to extract the rights without paying for them.
Georg van Daal, an agent acting on behalf of the Dutch MG Rover importer's Receivers, found that the rights to the MG marque across twelve European countries belonged to them, and not Nanjing, as has been claimed. Recently the Chinese manufacturer Nanjing stated that they have the intention to build MG-branded cars in the UK - but without European rights, it won't have a marque to sell them under.
Mr. Van Daal accidentally discovered that MG Rover Nederland BV owned the rights to MG in the BeNeLux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and Morocco.
He said: "Nanjing contacted me with the claim that they bought all the rights to the MG brand from PricewaterhouseCoopers and demanded that I sign them over to them for free. Nanjing denied me any access to documents its statement was based on. The only way I could get a look on them was, if I signed an agreement, and that's something I won't do. Nanjing wants something that belongs to the Dutch bankrupt MG Rover branch, so it has to prove it is entitled to the rights.
"Their entire attitude was so British... and that was not a smart move in this case.
"That MG Rover Nederland BV owned the rights to the MG brand isn’t as odd as it seems", according to the receiver. "Due to international (European) laws about intellectual property, which includes also brands and design, it was easier as an UK based firm to use the Dutch branch for the registration of the MG brand. Besides the differences in registration, the Dutch taxes on royalties on the brands are very attractive."
According to Van Daal, Nanjing claims that they bought all the rights to the MG brand. "The British administrators forgot to look to whom the actual rights belonged and they probably discovered it too late."
It's not clear what the rights to the name MG are worth. Mr van Daal doesn't think it will be sold for millions, and that’s a pity for the Dutch MG Rover dealers who still have claims on the bankrupt company. MG Rover dealers are claiming about €5.2m, of which €1.4m has been accepted, with the rest still contested.
It is unclear whether Dutch dealers will be compensated for their losses, but the chances don't look good...
Thanks to George van Nikkelen for the translation.