Editing Commodore International (section)

==== Brand name ====
In September 1997,<ref name=":4" /> Dutch computer maker [[Tulip Computers]] acquired the Commodore brand name from Commodore B.V.<ref name=":2" /> and made a number of [[Wintel]] computers under subsidiary Commodore International B.V.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commodore computer brand sold |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2231164/commodore-computer-brand-sold.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=InfoWorld |language=en-US}}</ref> although it did not find much success.<ref name=":4" /> In July 2004, Tulip announced a new series of products using the Commodore name: fPET, a flash memory-based [[USB flash drive]]; mPET, a flash-based [[Portable media player|MP3 Player]] and digital recorder; eVIC, a 20 GB music player. Tulip also licensed the Commodore trademark and logo to the producers of the [[C64 Direct-to-TV|C64 DTV]], a single-[[Integrated circuit|chip]] implementation of the [[Commodore 64]] computer with 30 built-in games.

In late 2004, Tulip sold Commodore International B.V. to Yeahronimo Media Ventures (YMV), a digital music software startup<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commodore brand sold to music distributor |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/commodore-brand-sold-to-music-distributor/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> providing legal music downloads in the Netherlands,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-16 |title=About CIC |url=http://www.commodorecorp.com/corporate/the+company/01+About+CIC.aspx |access-date=2024-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316011645/http://www.commodorecorp.com/corporate/the+company/01+About+CIC.aspx |archive-date=March 16, 2007 }}</ref> for €22 million, to be paid in instalments over several years until 2010.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/29/tulip_sells_commodore/|title=Tulip offloads Commodore brand|access-date=November 29, 2015}}</ref> The sale was completed in March 2005 after months of negotiations; YMV would not become the sole owner until 2010 after buying the remaining shares from Tulip (by then renamed to Nedfield Holding B.V.) which had gone bankrupt.<ref>[http://www.afm.nl/registers/kgi_documents/201002090000000012_Nedfield%20persbericht%20090210%20%28finaal%29.PDF Nedfield Persbericht] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202164258/http://www.afm.nl/registers/kgi_documents/201002090000000012_Nedfield%20persbericht%20090210%20%28finaal%29.PDF|date=February 2, 2014}} [[Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets]], February 9, 2010</ref> YMV soon renamed itself to Commodore International Corporation (CIC) — its operational office was in the Netherlands but had headquarters in [[California]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-12 |title=Commodore International Corporation |url=http://www.commodorecorp.com/corporate/systemwide/Contact.aspx |access-date=2024-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312164403/http://www.commodorecorp.com/corporate/systemwide/Contact.aspx |archive-date=March 12, 2007 }}</ref> — and started an operation intended to relaunch the Commodore brand in the [[video gaming]] field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commodore Finalizes Game Partnership Agreement |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/commodore-finalizes-game-partnership-agreement |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.gamedeveloper.com |language=en}}</ref> The company then launched its Gravel line of products: Gravel in Pocket [[Portable media player|personal multimedia players]] equipped with Wi-Fi and the Gravel in Home, hoping the Commodore brand would help them take off, introduced at [[CeBIT]] 2007<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-16 |title=The Commodore ecosystem spreads to GPS and widescreen video |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007-03-15-the-commodore-ecosystem-spreads-to-gps-and-widescreen-video.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref> with a media "entertainment platform" called CommodoreWorld,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commodore's Booth : CeBIT Hannover 2007 (Part 9) |url=https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-cebit-hannover-2007-part-9/commodores-booth |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.hardwarezone.com.sg |language=en}}</ref> and also launched gaming PCs running [[Windows Vista]] 64-bit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Stuart |date=2007-03-15 |title=CeBIT 2007: Commodore launches 64-bit gaming PCs |url=https://www.pocket-lint.com/games/news/79955-commodore-launches-64-bit-gaming-pc/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Pocket-lint |language=en}}</ref> However the company did not find success with these products. On June 24, 2009, CIC in the United States renamed itself to Reunite Investments, Inc., with the Commodore brand retaining under ownership by its subsidiary CIC Europe Holding B.V. (which would later be renamed into C= Holdings B.V.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-16 |title=Commodore International Corporation |url=http://www.commodoreworld.com/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716213055/http://www.commodoreworld.com/ |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref>), trading as Commodore Consumer Electronics (CCE).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/24/idUS193371+24-Jun-2009+MW20090624 |work=Reuters |title=Commodore International Corporation Changed Its Company Name to Reunite Investments, Inc. |date=June 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142341/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/24/idUS193371%2B24-Jun-2009%2BMW20090624 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref>

CIC's founder, Ben van Wijhe, bought a [[Hong Kong]]-based company called Asiarim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415813/000145786009000002/0001457860-09-000002-index.htm |title=EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001457860-09-000002 |publisher=Sec.gov |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015130640/http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415813/000145786009000002/0001457860-09-000002-index.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="NY Court">{{cite court
|litigants=C=Holdings BV v. Asiarim Corp.|court=United States District Court, Southern District of New York|date=December 16, 2013|url=http://www.crisona.com/iplaw/cases/12-cv-928.pdf}}</ref><ref name="GMW Advocaten">[http://www.curatoren.nl/fo/affilliate_verslag.php?a=130&b=14260935 Faillissements verslag Commodore Licensing B.V.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121042251/http://www.curatoren.nl/fo/affilliate_verslag.php?a=130&b=14260935 |date=January 21, 2014 }}</ref> Reunite Investments then sold the brand to Commodore Licensing B.V., a subsidiary of Asiarim, later in 2010.<ref name="GMW Advocaten" /> It was sold again on November 7, 2011. This transaction became the basis of a legal dispute between Asiarim — which, even after that date, made commercial use of the Commodore trademark, among others by advertising for sale Commodore-branded computers, and dealing licensing agreements for the trademarks — and the new owners, that was resolved by the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] on December 16, 2013, in favor of the new owners.<ref name="NY Court" /> Since then the company holding the brand name turned into Polabe Holding [[Naamloze vennootschap|N.V.]], then Net B.V., and is currently named Commodore Corporation B.V.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KICKSTARTER {{!}} The ALL NEW COMMODORE® 64x Back and Better Than Ever! |url=https://myretrocomputer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CCmyretrocomputers20220615letter.pdf |website=myretrocomputer.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=transfirm.nl |title=Commodore Corporation B.V. {{!}} Roosendaal (83289348) |url=https://www.transfirm.nl/nl/organisatie/832893480000-commodore-corporation-b.v. |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=transfirm.nl |language=nl}}</ref>