Indeed, the question is who owns the Birdy brand name ?
R&M designed the original Birdy but couldn't produce it nor finance its production by a third party.
Pacific Cycles invested in the production of the Birdy.
So, it would be normal that Pacific Cycles would also have some ownership of the Birdy brand.
It would be strange that R&M approved the 3 generations of titanium Birdy that use the Birdy brand name but are 100% different from the aluminum Birdy and fully designed by Pacific Cycles without any participation of R&M (they do not share any part of design of any part with the aluminum Birdy: the main frame, front fort and rear arm are totally different) ?
When the 3rd generation Birdy was presented at Taipei bicycle show, Pacific Cycles representative explained that it is a 100% Pacific Cycle new design and that this design could be the reused for the next generation aluminum Classic Birdy what would mean that Pacific Cycles has ome freedom to design Birdy models.