RogerB
Crusader
Here is the Yum Yum in All This
SallyD, Mate and I were PMing on this over the last couple of days. Then the decision was made to put it in the hands of the guys working with Xeno.
Let's re-read the Charter of the College . . . this commercial activity of owning business Trademarks, even if for the purpose and activity of making the "rightful" international commercial corporation purchase it back, is in violation of the College Charter . . . look at what its stated purpose and activities are said to be and limited to.
Dox available on line show a simple sequence of ownership of these commercial trademarks . . . I've done these kinds of searches on paper records in London (in my former career) and the paper records do show a lot more info.
But that is not terribly important here . . . . what is shown is an engagement in activity in violation of the College Charter.
As I mentioned in PM's it is very likely this caper was engaged in in other territories as well . . . Oz and Sth. Africa would be strong candidates. It is not an uncommon practice for unscrupulous characters to seek to register the trademarks of major corporations (international or otherwise) ahead of the major in smaller territories and to hold out for a profit when the "rightful" owner wants the mark back . . . . indications of this is in the record we have as shown by the fact that the CofS once owned the mark and ceded it back to Sandoz/NOVARTIS (used to be a client of mine in the old days, along with Ciba-Geigy).
Apart from any shore story the CofS might dream up to explain the "why" of the activity, it is a violation of Charter. And note, this Charter is the basis of its seeking and being granted charitable status.
Refer to our thread on "UK Scientology's Tax Evasion and Money Laundering."
Rog
SallyD, Mate and I were PMing on this over the last couple of days. Then the decision was made to put it in the hands of the guys working with Xeno.
Let's re-read the Charter of the College . . . this commercial activity of owning business Trademarks, even if for the purpose and activity of making the "rightful" international commercial corporation purchase it back, is in violation of the College Charter . . . look at what its stated purpose and activities are said to be and limited to.
Dox available on line show a simple sequence of ownership of these commercial trademarks . . . I've done these kinds of searches on paper records in London (in my former career) and the paper records do show a lot more info.
But that is not terribly important here . . . . what is shown is an engagement in activity in violation of the College Charter.
As I mentioned in PM's it is very likely this caper was engaged in in other territories as well . . . Oz and Sth. Africa would be strong candidates. It is not an uncommon practice for unscrupulous characters to seek to register the trademarks of major corporations (international or otherwise) ahead of the major in smaller territories and to hold out for a profit when the "rightful" owner wants the mark back . . . . indications of this is in the record we have as shown by the fact that the CofS once owned the mark and ceded it back to Sandoz/NOVARTIS (used to be a client of mine in the old days, along with Ciba-Geigy).
Apart from any shore story the CofS might dream up to explain the "why" of the activity, it is a violation of Charter. And note, this Charter is the basis of its seeking and being granted charitable status.
Refer to our thread on "UK Scientology's Tax Evasion and Money Laundering."
Rog