Olympic.us

**zouzas** · 04-03-2003, 05:08 PM

the official site of the olympics Olympic.us interesting they pick a dot US extension,,,,when the olympics comes millions will be using the dot us extension to acess the site,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

**zouzas** · 04-03-2003, 05:16 PM

Originally posted by zouzas
the official site of the olympics Olympic.us interesting they pick a dot US extension,,,,when the olympics comes millions will be using the dot us extension to acess the site,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i forgot to mention they switched from a com extension to a US extension

**Banned: CoolHost.com** · 04-03-2003, 06:15 PM

W

**bidawinner** · 04-03-2003, 06:24 PM

Very Cool Z..thanks for the heads up..

Dot US is very quickly being adopted by larger corporations and organizations...

**Banned: timechange.com** · 04-03-2003, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by bidawinner
Very Cool Z..thanks for the heads up..

Dot US is very quickly being adopted by larger corporations and organizations...

Thank you, thank you for all the support!
http://timechange.us

**izopod** · 04-03-2003, 09:41 PM

Originally posted by zouzas

i forgot to mention they switched from a com extension to a US extension

http://www.usoc.org = http://www.olympic.us

Smart move picking up a "keyword" for their USOC site...

fyi: The olympic committee is an Non profit ORG. Their main site is still USOC.org

**Banned: timechange.com** · 04-03-2003, 09:44 PM

Actually they had some b*lls

As they registered the domain during the Sunrise period - only way to do that is when you have a tm for the domain.

**izopod** · 04-03-2003, 09:46 PM

Originally posted by timechange.com
Actually they had some b*lls As they registered the domain during the Sunrise period - only way to do that is when you have a tm for the domain.

**Banned: timechange.com** · 04-03-2003, 09:48 PM

I like that: first use 1896

Code:

Word Mark OLYMPIC 
Goods and Services IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Selecting and
 obtaining the most competent amateur athletes to represent the 
United States in international athletic competitions and events, 
and organizing international athletic competitions and events 
when they are celebrated in the United States. 

FIRST USE: 18960000. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 18960000 

Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING 

Serial Number 75598229 

Filing Date December 2, 1998 

Published for Opposition November 2, 1999 

Registration Number 2311493 

Registration Date January 25, 2000 

Owner (REGISTRANT) United States Olympic Committee 

CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED CORPORATION UNITED STATES 

One Olympic Plaza Colorado Springs COLORADO 80909 

Attorney of Record JAMES L BIKOFF 

Prior Registrations 0968566 

Type of Mark SERVICE MARK 

Register PRINCIPAL 

Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

**izopod** · 04-03-2003, 09:58 PM

Originally posted by timechange.com
I like that: first use 1896

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It will be interesting in 100 years. At the rate the USP&O is allowing weak patents and public words to be TM'd, we will have to pay to speak or think!!

**Banned: timechange.com** · 04-03-2003, 10:01 PM

Well it makes sense, the first modern Olympics took place in 1896, therefore there was no US "Olympic team" before that

But they applied for a tm in 1998 ! That's only 102 years later.

Quiz time:

Which domain is still available in its .US & .biz formats - the net/org/info are owned by the International Olympic Committee and the .COM by.....our very own UKPro!

It's a latin phrase that ends in "us"

**.com.net.org** · 04-04-2003, 02:47 AM

olympic.tm is available.
And include olympic TradeMark, so you can claim others TLDs

**Wot** · 04-04-2003, 06:31 AM

I like .us but Olympics or OlympicGames would seem to be more sensible, who goes to see the Olympic.

Just my thoughts.

**zouzas** · 04-04-2003, 07:12 AM

Originally posted by dotus
I like .us but Olympics or OlympicGames would seem to be more sensible, who goes to see the Olympic.

Just my thoughts.

me too but they went with the next best thing ,,,Neustar retained Olympics.us

**pljones** · 04-07-2003, 10:40 AM

For those who don't know, the USOC has a special Federal statute that governs the use of the word "OLYMPIC" (and other terms), and several UDRP panels have said that the mere registration of domain names containing the OLYMPIC mark is bad faith. So be careful.

**zouzas** · 04-07-2003, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by pljones
For those who don't know, the USOC has a special Federal statute that governs the use of the word "OLYMPIC" (and other terms), and several UDRP panels have said that the mere registration of domain names containing the OLYMPIC mark is bad faith. So be careful.

a few have a lot with us olympic games in the domains they own

http://www.olympic.us

**DNS Kidd** · 04-07-2003, 05:58 PM

www.usolympicteam.com and olympic.us both resolve to the same site.

usolympicteam.com is shown as a URL on the site, but it will not resolve, without the www prefix. A mis-configured IIS server could cause this, additionally, some web server software
does not support the use on non-www names at all.

USOC has a million rules about the Olympic rings, and all other Olympic symbols and icons. The 1980 games were in NY, and one poster depicted that years mascot (a racoon) with it's paws through one of the rings. That poster was pulled post haste, and the ones that were sold are now collectors items.