Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 07:31:46 05/15/01
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On May 15, 2001 at 10:23:14, Larry Proffer wrote: >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: All these companies have different trading addresses, there is no evidence for or against that they have a connection. Simply that they have similar name segments or initials. > >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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