Commodore USA

Commodore USA, LLC was a computer company based in Pompano Beach, Florida, with additional facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Commodore USA, LLC was founded in April 2010. The company's goal was to sell a new line of PCs using the classic Commodore and Amiga name brands of personal computers, having licensed the Commodore brand from Commodore Licensing BV on August 25, 2010 and the Amiga brand from Amiga, Inc. on August 31, 2010.

This article is about the Florida-based company that operated in the 2010s. For the classic PC manufacturer that operated from 1954–1994, see Commodore International.
Commodore USA, LLC
Founded2010
Defunct2013
HeadquartersFort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Key people
Barry Altman (deceased)
Leo Nigro

After the 2012 demise of Commodore USA, the claimed Commodore brand license turned out to be invalid, as a court ruled in 2013 that neither Asiarim Corporation nor its subsidiary Commodore Licensing BV ever were in a position to grant such a license. The court found that the Commodore trademarks were held by C=Holdings BV, and held Asiarim liable for trademark infringement. The Amiga brand license too was disputed by Hyperion Entertainment, on the basis of a 2009 settlement agreement between Hyperion and Amiga.

The last news release from the website is dated March 21, 2012. In January 2013, it was revealed that founder and driving force Barry S. Altman died of cancer on December 8, 2012. The last post on Commodore USA's forum came from Leo Nigro (Chief Technical Officer) on the 9th of December concerning the Amiga line.

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