What Happens to Your Business Name and Brand in an ABC

The business name, logo, and brand assets are property of the estate in an ABC. The assignee controls them and can sell them to a buyer. For some business owners, this is emotionally significant — the brand they built has real commercial value.

Brand as Estate Asset

A well-known brand in a defined market can have real sale value to a competitor or new entrant who wants to enter the market without building brand awareness from scratch. The assignee should inventory brand assets — trademarks, domain names, social media accounts, Google reviews — and market them as part of the going-concern sale or as a standalone asset package.

Don’t let sentiment cloud the analysis. A business owner who wants to keep their brand name out of a competitor’s hands has a personal interest that conflicts with the obligation to maximize creditor recoveries. The assignee’s duty is to creditors — if the brand has value, they must sell it to the highest bidder.

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