Editing Teasmade (section)

=== Ownership of the trademark ===
In the 1970s, Goblin was acquired by [[Birmingham Sound Reproducers]] (BSR),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swanproducts.co.uk/about.php|title=The Swan Brand Heritage|last=|first=|date=|website=Swan Products|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124075951/http://www.swanproducts.co.uk/about.php|archive-date=24 November 2011|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> and at some point the Teasmade trademark passed from Goblin to Swan Housewares Limited, another BSR subsidiary. Archives at the [[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|Intellectual Property Office]] show the mark passed in 1991 from Swan to [[Moulinex]], who had bought Swan and other brands from BSR, and then to [[Littlewoods|Littlewoods Retail Limited]] in 2001 after the collapse of Moulinex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase|title=Trade mark number UK00001126018: Archived History|last=|first=|date=|website=Intellectual Property Office|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> Littlewoods merged with Shop Direct Group in 2005 and rebranded to [[The Very Group]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retail-week.com/fashion/shop-direct-to-rebrand-as-very-boss-birch-reveals/7031509.article|title=Shop Direct to rebrand as Very, boss Birch reveals|last=Carr|first=Leanne|date=27 March 2019|website=Retail Week|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> As of 2020 the trademark owner is Littlewoods Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00001126018|title=Trade mark number UK00001126018|last=|first=|date=|website=Intellectual Property Office|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>