copyright intellectual-property ownership bankruptcy
Who owns the logo of a company after the company declares bankruptcy?
<p>Who owns the logo of a company after the company declares bankruptcy? For example who owns the logo for toys R'us after they declare bankrupt?</p>

<p>Whoever buys it.</p>

<p>When a company declares bankruptcy then its assets are owned by its creditors, as compensation for the standing debts.</p>

<p>Since usually there are multiple creditors, what happens is that its assets are sold/auctioned, as money is easier to divide between the different creditors<sup>1</sup>.</p>

<p>A logo or a trademark is an asset like any other and can be sold separately.</p>

<p>If nobody did come forward for the logo, then one of the creditors could accept it as part of its repayment.</p>

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<sup>1</sup> If a company is in bankruptcy it means that its assets cannot cover all of its debts, so creditors are usually paid only a part of their debts.</p>
