Boom Shaka Laka said:
Jens, do you think Daewoo copied the Sanyo?
Or did Sanyo allow Daewoo to produce some aka's in Korea?
I believe that your last assumption is true...this thesis has got the most examples.
They might have had some contracts with them- actually ,the entire AKA-WORLD is indeed weird.
Just imagine around different 12.000 are in the base.
More than 5000 of these are aka boxes.
Your question also requires a elaborately,detailed answer.
My research results:
trademark / brand owners signed contracts with the manufacturers.
Manufacturers sold OEM licences.
Manufacturers made contracts,
with : trademark holders like trading chains
with: trademark holders like import companies
with : trademark holders like mail order houses
The situation shows up like follows:
BRANDS are defined by TRADEMARKS within a Copyright protection listings.
This is a matter of cause in the entire planet.
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EXEPT EUROPE !
The European law includes the folowing content.
The BRAND -owner CORRELATES the MANUFACTURER.
That means :if a unit is BRANDED UNIVERSUM (and manufactured by SANYO) :
the MANUFACTURER now is UNIVERSUM (by EU law defination)
The reason her is the law liability for warranty responsibilities.
The EU does not want a responsible warranty counterpart outside EUROPE.
The seller (an EU located company) must be the "person in charge".