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28 Jan, 2008 9:25 pm
A reporter recently asked me how often the United States Olympic Committee has sued the owner of an "Olympic"-named business in
Washington. The answer? In the Western District of Washington, where I would expect such a suit ... , Inc., No. 01-01002 (N.D. Calif.); USOC v. Bouzounis, d/b/a Olympic Incentive Ideas Inc., No. 91-00526 (S.D. Ohio); USOC v. Olympic Diamond ... 91-00532 (E.D.N.Y); and USOC v.
Galaxy Cafe, d/b/a Olympic Cafe, No. 93-00288 (S.D. Georgia). Of the six suits the USOC has brought, five ...
2 Oct 9:22 am
The New York Times reports that the International Olympic Committee has denied the United States bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Madrid and Rio de Janeiro await the final decision. See
full coverage here: Chicago Loses Bid for 2016 Olympic Games. The United States bid has received a lot of attention -- mainly because President Obama has put his weight behind his country and his hometown and because conservatives
-- ...
20 Oct 2:38 pm
The International Olympic Committee is expected to be granted observer status at the U.N. General
Assembly today. Twenty-five nations (including the United States and the United Kingdom) are supporting a draft resolution to give observer status to the IOC, which...
18 Aug, 2008 1:43 am
... is played all over the world (chess for example, or soccer), it is natural that there should be international competition. The oddity of the Olympics is that they are
presented as athletic competitions between nations, rather than between teams each of which presumably would ... of our Olympic athletes.
Doubtless we would were it not for the private donations that generously support the United States
Olympic Committee. Since other countries do not have the same tradition of charitable giving as the
...
31 Jul, 2008 1:23 am
The Seattle Times reported yesterday that the United States Olympic Committee and the Olympic Peninsula's Olympic Cellars Winery have entered into a settlement in which the winery will keep its "Olympic" name and domain
... ." Section 220506(d) of the statute excepts trade names and trademarks when "it is evident from the circumstances that such use of the word 'Olympic' refers to the naturally occurring mountains or geographical region of the same name that were named prior to February 6, 1998, and ...
27 Nov, 2006 5:25 am
... four sentences and reads as follows: The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. Plaintiff, a short-track Olympic
speedskater, was injured when she fell on the ice during practice and hit the boards surrounding the rink. Although safety ... call that a "triple slam," no? For a copy of the Court of
Appeals's decision in Ziegelmeyer v. United States Olympic
Committee, please click on the following link: [www.nycourts.gov] For a copy of the Appellate Division's decision in this ...
9 Jun, 2008 3:10 am
Not to tempt fate, but I couldn't help but notice that the U.S. Olympic Committee has not flooded the
Western District of Washington with lawsuits over Seattle-area companies' use of OLYMPIC in their names and trademarks. (See STL posts on this
issue from August 12, 2007; Jan. 10, 2008; Jan. 13, 2008; and Jan. 28, 2008). In fact, the USOC has not filed a single lawsuit in the Western District despite ...
4 Aug, 2008 6:53 am
Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal focused on the enforcement of the trademark that the United States Olympic Committee has in the word "Olympics." Thus, anyone
who wants to call some sort of competition an "Olympic" contest, ... cause problems for companies that use it in advertisements without
permission of the NFL, advertisers should refrain from the use of the term Olympics in connection with promoting their products. Companies have paid huge rights fees to get the
exclusive rights ...
28 Aug, 2008 3:36 am
... I think it's a darn good one. As previously discussed, the statute excepts trade names and trademarks from the United States Olympic Committee's monopoly over the term when "it is evident from
the circumstances that such use of the word 'Olympic' refers to ... in 1999?" That's a great point. Failing to foresee the havoc the statute
would cause Washington's many Olympic-named businesses when the statute was first enacted in 1978? Understandable. But failing to foresee it
when the statute was revised ...
28 Oct 4:13 am
... 08 C 5290, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 2, 2009) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly denied defendants Chicago 2016's and the United States Olympic Committee's ("USOC") motion for summary judgment regarding
its Stevens Act and Anticybersquatting Consumer ... the Olympics. Chicago 2016 likely gained that association by April 2007 when the USOC picked Chicago as a 2016 Olympic candidate. But the parties did not brief the issue of when the association occurred, so the determination required ...
19 Aug, 2008 9:48 pm
According to a recent news article Chicago 2016, along with the United States Olympic Committee has filed a domain name claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The city
wants to claim the internet domain chicago2016.com as part of its bid to host the Olympic Games in eight years, Games Bids reports. CSC is a
registrar of domain names worldwide and provides a full suite of domain lifecycle services for ...
1 Feb, 2008 9:29 am
... for the 10th Circuit has affirmed a district court's dismissal of a claim by a group of Paralympic athletes against the United
States Olympic Committee ("USOC"), which is the
federally-chartered and taxpayer-funded corporation that has exclusive jurisdiction over U.S. participation in three athletic competitions: the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, and the Pan American Games. The Paralympic players contended that the USOC offers services and ...
21 Jun, 2008 4:10 am
... by that title. An excerpt: A Florida federal judge says barred sprinter Justin Gatlin should be allowed to compete at the U.S. Olympic
track and field trials. U.S. District Judge Lacey A. Collier's temporary restraining order is only in effect for 10 ... with Disabilit[ies] Act. Two weeks ago, the Court of Arbitration
for Sport upheld a four-year doping ban against the reigning Olympic 100-meter gold medalist. Gatlin asked CAS to rescind the 2001 doping
violation -- his first of two -- which he had ...
1 Aug, 2008 8:16 pm
This tidbit comes from a lawsuit filed by the United States Olympic Committee and the IOC: For security reasons, tickets to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies have been
specially designed to prohibit, to the greatest extent ... a microchip containing the ticket's serial number, which can then be read by a database maintained by the [Beijing Organizing
Comittee for the Olympic Games] to retrieve the bearer's photograph, passport details, addresses, e-mail address and telephone numbers. Sounds
like ...
8 Aug, 2008 10:16 pm
... been swimming the entire 24 years since her 1984 Los Angeles Olympic debut, in fact she retired twice, but this comeback has proved to be
her ... gold 12 times and one of the four games was the 1980 games when the United States boycotted
the Olympics. The usually gold medal favored team was derailed at the 2004 Athens ... facemasks and stay inside to be ready to perform in their event. In March, the International
Olympic Committee issued a report saying "some events will not be conducted under optimal ...
29 Apr, 2008 10:51 am
... that mainland Chinese authorities noted that there are now as many internet users in China as there are in the United States. "The gross mistake of allowing China to host the Olympics in light of its horrific human rights record will be significantly compounded if we
do not ... and democracy, some of which appeared on Boxun, a Chinese-language web site based in the United States. Smith is pressing Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to push the bill to the House
floor before ...
10 Oct 7:02 pm
... Golf and Rugby and the coming Olympic agenda. As reported by UPI (United Press International),
the IOC (International Olympic Committee) on Friday, October 9, 2009, added ... Golf Foundation has
issued figures that there are 26.2 million golfers in the United States and 36.7 million American
golf participants, i.e. persons ... gives them a living allowance." I don't quite understand how that makes their Olympic participants pristine
amateurs. To pick on golf when the entire amateur sports world is one ...
17 Aug, 2008 2:08 pm
... do happen. At the time I did not realize that at least from a United States standpoint, the age
of Olympic miracles would soon be coming to an end. In 1989 the Olympic committee voted to allow professionals to compete. Interestingly the United States voted ... in 1980. Never underestimate the power of a good "cold war" to bring the masses together. There are still sports in the Olympics that
have not been distorted by million dollar mansions and Mazarattis. I hear Donald Trump has purchased the ...
31 May, 2007 7:12 pm
... of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow published 13 Aug. 2006 (U.K. House of Commons, Select Committee on Foreign Affairs), it was noted
that The Muslim communities in Xinjiang are not isolated and are linked to the Islamic communities in ... a tiny, primitive outpost run by secretive members of some sort of Uighur
liberation group." Id., at A-12. Unacceptable to the United States because of their connection with
groups and events in Afghanistan (where they had been captured), "American diplomats ...
18 Aug, 2008 3:36 am
... . High schools and colleges have more resources to spend on their athletic programs. Private groups establish Olympic and other
committees with generous resources to help in the training of the most promising athletes. Companies sponsor athletic programs and ... from entirely, privately financed approach
to athletics found in countries like the United States and Great Britain is the right way to attract
and train Olympic and other athletes in democratic countries with strong decentralized private ...
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