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O l y m p i c Zone.com

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[RTM.net]

TM issues? I seem to recall the IOC actively protecting the "Olympic" term... including in domains.

Rob

 

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olympic-airways
OLYMPIC MUSEUM
olympic.com is paint
Olympic National Forest
etc...

 

[RTM.net]

True. Point taken.

Rob

 

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Over

 

[LewR]

Olympic names for companies created before 1948 or so are legal - after that - no - I had one name taken by court order - it is a law that has nothing to do with domians - just the use of the word.

There is story on this in the legal section going back a few months.

 

[Theo]

Olympic Airways was founded in 1957. Now changed name to Olympic Airlines.

 

[LewR]

Like I said - go to the legal posts and look back through there to find the original material and explanation by one of the attorneys.

 

[Theo]

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact I mentioned above.

 

[LewR]

And it does not change the fact that the courts will take away the names - as did happen to me.

THAT is the point.....

 

[Theo]

Are you saying the IOC will take away http://www.olympicairlines.com from the national Greek carrier that is using it for the past 50 years? The logo is also close to that of the one used by the IOC.

Also, there are 114 registered marks that contain "Olympic" in the USPTO database.

 

[LewR]

You are missing the point and you do not want to do the research - some names are exempt - some are not - my last post on the subject.

Buy the name and find out!!

 

[izoot]

Time ...You should buy the name and see how it works out. (jk)

Some names are grandfathered in ... some are in use by agreement with IOC ... some names just haven't been caught up with. Do a search pertaining to IOC related TM law and you will see that the IOC has its own little section written specifically with them in mind.

I guess the point is do you want to risk your money and good name to find out what they will allow and what they won't?

 

[Theo]

I never said I'm buying the name.

All I said is that 1) there are various trademarks with "olympic" in them 2) LewR's statement that 1948 is the grandfathering year is incorrect, as Olympic Airways was formed in 1957.

 

[LewR]

Time - since you were too lazy to look it up - I did - sorry, the date was september, 1950

Go to http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=42197 to see all the details and the links to the laws governing the Olympic word use - it is above and beyond a TM issue.

 

[Theo]

Again, read carefully what I wrote:

Olympic Airways, the national Greek air carrier, was formed in April of 1957. The threshold that supposedly grandfathers prior use of the term was 7 years earlier.

The airline logo consists of 6 interconnecting rings - vs. 5 for the Olympic committee emblem.

Can you explain this?

 

[LewR]

Man - you are THICK - go read the link I posted and get a new education - I certainly learned a lot...

 

[Theo]

Yes, I am thick. I have THICK.us incidentally.

You seemed to dangle the whole case by the date 1950 or whatnot.

Again, as with every mark one is at risk when registering domains that contain it.

Oh and the IOC has CitiusAltiusFortius .net and .org - guess who has the .com: our very own NameGiant.

 

[seeker]

Althought the IOC is very strict with the use of the term 'olympic', I do believe (and I dont have the rpoof for that, other than my own experience and several friends of mine), that there is an exception for Greek companies and individuals, as 1) This is were the Olympics were born, 2) Olympia is here and 3) There are tens and tens if not hundreds of companies that use the popular Greek word Olympic here in Greece, and I see no way that the IOC can do anything about that.

Just my opinion.

 

[Theo]

Well-said, Seeker. Here's a related new article:

Olympia wants its name back
Wed 24 March, 2004 04:49

By Karolos Grohmann

OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - What's in a name?

If you're the Greek town of Olympia, where the ancient Olympics were first held, everything and nothing.

As the town prepared for its latest role in the history of the event with Thursday's torch lighting ceremony for the homecoming of the Games, the city's mayor voiced a threat to strip the showpiece of the word "Olympic" if his community did not get a bigger role.

With thousands of spectators and International Olympic Committee officials flocking to the sleepy south western town for the biggest gathering there since the ancient Games, Olympia mayor Yannis Skoularikis threatened the IOC with legal action to get the town's name back.

"We have had it up to here with just being used every two years to light the flame," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

"We are not a sideshow, we gave the Games its name and we demand to have a bigger role in the Olympics."

Olympia has also been the site of the lighting ceremony since it was introduced prior to the 1936 Berlin Games.

"But apart from the torch lighting we have no other role in the Olympic movement," Skoularikis said.

"We are contemplating legal action to block the use of the name which is now exploited without our consent and without any benefits for us."

The word 'Olympic' is a registered trademark of the IOC.

This is not the first time Skoularikis, a former senior government minister, has attacked the IOC and Athens Games organisers.

Similar complaints by him last year reportedly so embarrassed the Olympic movement that organisers decided to shift the men's and women's shot put events from Athens to Olympia.

In one of the most anticipated events of this summer's Athens Olympics, athletes will compete inside the ancient Olympia track for the first time in more than 17 centuries.

"This is just a start, and I hope it will provide a spark for more things to come," the mayor said. "But right now we are just on the receiving end of any decision."

LIST OF DEMANDS

Olympia hosted the ancient sporting event every four years, from at least 776 BC until they were banned in 393 AD by the Roman Emperor Theodosius, who decried them as a pagan festival.

Among the town's other list of demands is the appointment of an Olympia official as a permanent IOC member.

"Shouldn't the town have a member in the IOC, to have some sort of say?" the mayor asked. "Right now we are not participating in any decision making."

He also wants the announcement of future host cities and the elections for IOC presidents to be held in Olympia.

"It's only every few years for the cities and about every 20 years or so for the IOC elections so we are not asking for much, are we?"

During Thursday's lighting ceremony, the town expects more than 10,000 spectators and officials for the flame-lighting and the start of the torch relay.

Athens last hosted the modern Games when they were revived 108 years ago.

"We wanted about 30,000 people here because Greeks are very moved by this ceremony but they (organisers) told us that for security reasons we must have less," Skoularikis said.