This just in from Flash on the weeks Hetchins thread. Think it adds some more important facts (yep facts) to the discussion.
Tom Rawson
Oakland, CA
> Dear Tom and the CR,
>
> Let me weigh in here with a few remarks re Hetchins and Omega.
>
> Point one: the claims Joynt and co. make at the Hetchins.com
web site
> need to be read very carefully, as the wording is quite
precise. What
> they claim to own is the Hetchins NAME, not the Hetchins
COMPANY, which
> they bought from COMPANIES HOUSE, not from the OWNER of the
Hetchins
> company.
>
> Point two: the original company founded by Hyman (Harry)
Hetchin has
> been in continuous existence and contiunuous production since
its
> inception in the 1930s. It never lapsed. The Hetchins name was
never up
> for grabs or 'improperly registered'. There is no such thing as
an
> 'improperly registered' company. The current owner bought the
company
> from Harry's son, Alf Hetchin, in 1986. The original company is
still in
> business and is currently managed by David Miller.
>
> Point three: Joynt's claim that he did not find the Hetchins
> company merely proves that he did not look in the right places.
>
> Point four: if Joynt and co. did not know then (in the summer
of 2001)
> that the original Hetchins company was still in existence, they
> certainly knew it soon after their web site (hetchins.com)
appeared, as
> the legitimate owner's solicitors so informed them.
>
> Point five: just to get the time line right: the hetchins.com
web site
> (viz Omega) appeared before hetchins.org did. My previous
'unofficial'
> Hetchins web site under a different URL preceeded the
Omega/hetchins.com
> web site by at least a year. At the previous web site, it was
made clear
> that David Miller was and is the manager of the Hetchins
operation. I
> have web server records of which computers visited my web site
on what
> days and what files they looked at; I can prove that Joynt and
co.
> visited my web site; I therefore consider it beyond doubt that
Joynt and
> co. knew where to find the real Hetchins company. It is too
late in the
> game for Joynt to play innocent or innocently ignorant of what
he was
> doing.
>
> Flash
> Historic Hetchins Web site