23-10-2019, 05:53 AM
(22-10-2019, 03:51 PM)Martin Prior Wrote: Going back to the original question, I don't know about the logo, but I was slightly surprised when I searched Companies House to find that "Austin Motor Company Limited" is now the name of a garage business in Essex. One might have thought that it would have stayed with the successor companies.
If the original Austin business was still a company it would be open to challenge under section 69 of the Companies Act. However since that company doesn't exist you can register a company in that name. However the use of the name Austin, when applied to almost anything automotive, is covered by current trademark registration. Whether the garage business in question crosses that boundary is someone else's problem!
Charles