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Old 06-21-2012, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jen View Post
They went after a restaurant here for infringing because the business was called Olympic Pizza. The company fought them and as far as I know are still called Olympic Pizza. There were tons of news stories about how ridiculous it was. This business had been around since way before we ever got the Games, so it wasn't like they were suddenly trying to cash in.
Going after a business or group for using the Olympic rings, I can easily see. But I think someone needs to point them to a dictionary so that they can learn that the word "Olympic" has meaning outside of the modern summer and winter Olympic Games.
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