Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 07:23:14 05/15/01
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On May 15, 2001 at 09:47:59, Larry Proffer wrote: >On May 15, 2001 at 08:03:25, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On May 15, 2001 at 06:12:51, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>1) World Micro will be in Maastricht, the Netherlands in August. Provisionally >>>Aug 19-23. Exact dates to be confirmed soon. >>> >>>2) The 5th Mind Sports Olympiad will take place in Prague, July 1-8 2001. Chess >>>is part of the event. >> >>I can't believe the MSO will still go ahead given that the organising company >>has gone bankrupt. >> > >Just to clarify, else the above post concerning 'bankruptcy' is in danger of >being misleading .... > >The company in liquidation is actually called: > >"Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Limited" > >It shares some initials with "Mind Sports Olympiad" but perhaps should not be >confused with it. > >As far as I am aware from available documentation there is also a "Mind Sports >Olympiad Limited", and one of the associated directors has told me there is also >a "4th Mind Sports Olympiad Limited". The latter item can be checked by a search >at Companies House, London, who would be able to confirm whether or not it >actually exists. On checking at Companies House the above company is actually called "Fourth MSO Limited" Companies registered with names that could be considered somehow connected: Mind Sports Limited Mind Sports Olympiad Limited Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Limited Mind Sports Promotions Limited Fourth MSO Limited The URL for Companies House is www.companies-house.gov.uk and lists all UK companies with their registered addresses, whether they are dissolved, or trading; their accounting dates, and so on. > >I would presume that the key factor in being able to organise a "Mind Sports >Olympiad" is ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights giving the right to >use the names "Mind Sports Olympiad" and "MSO" or any derivative or >representation thereof.
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