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Mrs Judith
Rutherford
Date: Chief Executive Business Link for Centre for Point 103 New ref: Tendering for Contracts
Gail Williams
VJ Baker
Ruth Bothwell
Ref: Breach of Copyright Dear Mrs
Rutherford, I am
reasonable sure that you may not be aware of the following events, but as chief
executive you are not only responsible for your company but also the action(s)
of your staff. I have
become aware through a member of your staff that Business Link for London East
has been promoting “Tendering for
Contracts” workshops and other events to its clients for over twelve (12)
months. I wish to
make you aware that I have been in contact with Business Link London East for
approximately four (4) years trying to promote the programme “Tendering for
Contracts” which I have developed as a business and from which I had expected
to earn an income. I also wish
to inform you that I have been a registered consultant with the various
Business Links, and subsequently with the newly reformed Business Links, and
have discussed the benefits of this programme
with all business links throughout the I have
developed the programme in late 1997, as a direct result of incidents which led
to the failure of my previous business start-up attempt involving West London
TEC, and successfully piloted the programme four (4) times since 1998. I am a
registered consultant with the SBS, including Business Link London East, as
well as trying to get normal consultancy work, it is has been my intention to
exploit the develop the programme “Tendering for Contracts” as a business
venture. I supplied
the “Tendering for Contracts” documents to VJ Baker on the advice of Gail
Williams who I had met at the I
subsequently contacted Ruth Bothwell, and she informed that because of the fact
that the Business Links had been re-organised they were not yet at the stage
where they could consider a programme such as mine and when that time came, I
would be informed. I was
therefore extremely surprised and angry to learn from your staff that you were
promoting “Tendering for Contracts” as a Business Link product and deriving
revenues form the process, whereas I can’t get work and can’t get any interest
in my “Tendering for Contracts” programme. This is of
course not surprising, I have called Ruth Bothwell on several occasion and she
has not returned any of my calls, I have
left several messages on her answer phone, still no reply. This is
fact not a beach of my copyright, it is a denial of my right to life, (a) I am
registered with your organisation and can’t get any work from them (b) the only
other possible source from which I could reasonably expect to derive an income
has been stolen by your organisation and passed of your own. I therefore
have no alternative, quite apart form the documentary evidence conforming that
I did supply my “Tendering for Contracts” documents to Business Link London
East, in attempt to gain their support, and subsequently as a direct of the
fact that Business Link London east has passed off the concept and contents of
these documents as their own creation and derived benefits in the form of
revenue from such an action, I am therefore obliged to inform you of the
following:- (a) You, your company, your employees
and associates by your action(s) of offering “Tendering for Contracts” support
services to firms and deriving revenues or other benefits, are in serious
breach of my copyright, based on my documents previously supplied to Business
Link London East, (b) by presenting the programme “Tendering
for Contracts” et al as the property of Business Link and obtaining (b1) financial remuneration and (b2) public funds to exploit this project. (b3) other business benefits (b4) indirect revenues (c) I wish to advise you that it is my
intention to issue an injunction against you, Business Link London East, your
staff and all who may have unwittingly or otherwise assisted in the dissemination of
the “Tendering for Contracts” programme/project, (d) further to this injunction I request
that you supply me immediate with full details of all incomes/public or private
funds/remuneration/disbursement/profits/ et al or including any other financial reward(s)
that you or your employers or associates or company may have received as a
result of your promotion of the “Tendering for Contracts” programme/project. (e) I also request that immediately inform all
associated Business Links, of which you are the Chief Executive, that the
program/workshop training project “Tendering for Contracts” is the copyrighted
property of Centre for Business Excellence Ltd and that all documents supplied
by Centre for Business Excellence Ltd to Business Links, remain the copyrighted
property of Centre for Business Excellence Ltd. The documents requested includes
both audited and un-audited accounts. The above
demands are in accordance with UK Law and are issued without prejudice, I
therefore expect full compliance to this
request within (7) seven days from the date of this letter. I remain
committed conditions of my registration with the BS as a consultant, Under the
terms of the Equal Opportunities and Inclusion and Participation laws and
government directives, I fully expect to obtain work in the areas in which my
expertise merits and equally, I look forward to working with and through the
Business Links in the area of providing my services to small firms. Yours
truly, Lloyd
Sewell |