The name of Daimler as a marque of automobiles had been sold by DMG – following his death in 1900 – for use by other companies (Daimler Motor Company, Daimler Manufacturing Company, Panhard-Daimler, and Austro-Daimler/Steyr-Daimler-Puch). Since the new company, Daimler-Benz, would have created confusion and legal problems by including Daimler in its new brand name, it therefore used the name Mercedes to represent the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft interest. Karl Benz remained as a member of the board of directors of Daimler-Benz AG until his death in 1929.