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Clearing up internet confusion about the brand "ONIX AUDIO " and who created it

OA21 ltd are the original "ONIX AUDIO " formed in 1984 & never Shanling Tech of China  

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Legal Documents - don't lie 

 

In 1984 Adam Worsfold, with Tony Brady started "ONIX AUDIO" in Brighton , England , UK . Onix became a world known HIFi Company. Adam Worsfold became the sole owner of ONIX AUDIO and from the start was very aware of intellectual property rights to the brand ONIX  . Adam Worsfold once 100% owner of ONIX AUDIO immediately  registered the name " ONIX " worldwide in the UK for the very first time in 1987 - he did this in his personal name . It was granted as a full registered trade mark in 1988 in class 9 (Apparatus for recording , transmission or reproduction of sound or images , parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods all included in Class 9)   CLICK HERE for the TM Certificate in 1988

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The Brand "ONIX" has been owned by Adam Worsfold  from 1985  . ONIX & OA21 with Adam Worsfold at the helm has since allowed others to use it for license fees under strict conditions .  However in 2025 so much  confusion about who owns the Brand has grown online. This confusion has been created by the Chinese company Shanling Digital Technology Dev Co LTD  and Absolute Sound Pty in Taiwan who seems to want to use it without rights to do so .  A Taiwan retailer and its owner Mr Pu  falsely claim ONIX as theirs since 1996 . This has never been true and is false . The Chinese and Taiwanese owners of these companies try to steal and change ONIX history to suit themselves.  They publish a history on their websites and on social media  that has no truth or fact and nothing to verify it in any way . They did not have any right to the name ONIX until 2021 . Anything made before 2021 by Shanling Digital of China is and must be considered fake .

 

Fact is they used the name ONIX  illegally from 1996 to 2021  now they are trying to change history CLICK HERE for the legal docs to verify  the facts 

 

Shanling of China made products using the name ONIX with no right to do so , as such they must be considered counterfeit  products  .  Shanling  also claim our UK ONIX history as theirs - this is 100% misleading,  they have nothing to do with the UK company ONIX AUDIO or it history and never have    - "NOTHING made in China with ONIX as brand on a product before 2021 was legally made as any kind of ONIX product ,  or legally made by Shanling Digital Technology of China and sold or promoted by Mr Pu of Absolute Sound in Taiwan   .. Up to 2021 they were using the brand ONIX as their own and they were doing this illegally  without any legal right whatsoever . Shanling of China IS NOT "ONIX AUDIO UK" and never has been . They are a Chinese company making generic and OEM products and trying to fool their buyers they are ONIX products .  They are NOT ONIX  products.  They continually pretend to be ONIX AUDIO  this is false and always has been .

 

 If Shanling of China  lie about its history,  and illegally use the name ONIX and  where they make it  ....

 

Is Shanling of China a company you can trust about anything ?

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Enforcing Intellectual property theft - the reality below .

 

Legal action in China is a waste of money, even if we win,  Chinese Companies never pay and the nothing can make them pay , certainly not in China.  Shanling didn't pay last time we won in the UK  CLICK HERE .  They don't respect intellectual property  or worldwide design rights - they steal both with impunity .  We have lost count the times we have tried to enforce our rights against Chinese companies . Its futile and pointless. We must rely on people seeing the truth by checking our the whole picture  , and understanding integrity counts not internet hearsay or myth . Adam Worsfold spends a lot of time dealing with lies and posts that people post in some way to vent their own jealously  of our success.  The world suffers from this IP Theft , as great designers refuse to progress just to have China steal their work. This stalls progress so we all stop .  We encourage research and learning,  and reading documents to verify it , if in doubt  - We are proud of what we do, and documents prove the false history that most Chinese companies are complicit in creating  to sell you inferior products . Its a culture of deception we cant fix .

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Chinese Companies  are well known to abuse intellectual property rights, they see nothing wrong with it  . They are also known to fabricate specification of performance,  and lie about materials used . CLICK HERE  They create fake adverts as a normality in China.  We needed  to clarify this confusion and make it known for the sake of our  customers,  and anyone with  doubt as to who ONIX is  . I hope we have helped. You can ignore us if you like , or you can open your eyes . A brand does not make a product , nor does it confirm that product is worthy of its name . We created the reputation and the name "ONIX AUDIO" and continue to maintain what made ONIX great with British products .. We continue to do this , the Chinese don't have a clue what creation of a brand really means .. its all about smoke and mirrors in their world . Don't be fooled,  its the product and people that build a business not urban myth from the internet .

 

OA21  are the first and only original ONIX  AUDIO & original  ONIX , we started the company and we created the brand

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Its not that hard to clear up the confusion put like that  - is it ?