14 Facts About Commodore USA

Commodore USA, LLC was a computer company based in Pompano Beach, Florida, with additional facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The court found that the Commodore USA trademarks were held by C=Holdings BV, and held Asiarim liable for trademark infringement.

Commodore USA Phoenix was a keyboard computer resembling an updated style of the Commodore USA 64.

Flagship product for Commodore USA, named the Commodore 64x, was contained in a partially redesigned and updated Commodore 64 form factor.

Commodore USA consistently focused on bundling an alternate operating system, preferring Linux.

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Later, Commodore USA announced that they would officially support, develop, and ship their computers with AROS, but shifted their focus on redesigning Linux as Amiga Workbench 5, and Amiga Workbench X, but decided to name it Commodore OS and dropped all plans of making it resemble an Amiga-like operating system due to additional legal proceedings.

The Commodore USA website was redesigned and an interactive forum was launched at the same time.

The molds and existing stock for the Commodore USA C64x were sold to My Retro Computer Ltd in the UK who continue to sell units in a variety of colors and up to date configurations.

Commodore USA has been criticized for altering previously announced plans, threatening legal action against an OS News writer's article, and mistakenly attempting to obtain licensing from a Commodore licensee unauthorised to sublicense.

Commodore USA was alleged to have used various images, artwork, and designs without the permission of the original authors.

Some of Commodore USA's announced products were cancelled since their announcement due to intellectual property disagreements, most notably concerning the rights of licensor Amiga Inc with regards to the possible use of AROS in future Amiga systems from Commodore USA.

Commodore USA has responded to this position by pointing out the high cost of researching and developing original chipsets, and the relative expense and lack of mass-market software support for other CPU ISAs such as Power ISA or Motorola 68000 family.

Commodore USA attempted to address these concerns by announcing Commodore OS, intended to be released with Commodore USA systems.

Commodore USA originally intended to develop an AROS to be bundled with their Amiga systems, however this plan was later publicly discarded by CEO Barry Altman.