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Comments: 3 +-   IOC trademarks line of Canadian National Anthem-> on Tuesday September 30 2008, @02:17PM gravis777

Submitted by gravis777 on Tuesday September 30 2008, @02:17PM
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gravis777 writes "BoingBoing is reporting that the International Olympic Committee has trademarked a line from the Canadian National Anthem and is threatening to sue anyone who uses it. The line in question is "with glowing hearts". FTA:

The committee is so serious about protecting the Olympic brand it managed to get a landmark piece of legislation passed in the House of Commons last year that made using certain phrases related to the Games a violation of law. The list includes the number 2010 and the word "winter," phrases that normally couldn't be trademarked because they are so general.

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  • so, I should protect "summer" while I have the chance?? what if they moved the games to spring or "mud season"? oh my...
  • "O Canada" is in the public domain; there are no restrictions to printing the lyrics on a t-shirt. So if I print the entire text of "O Canada" on a t-shirt, but put the words "with a glowing heart" in a much bigger font, am I violating the IOC's trademark or not? Methinks this is not only bad law, but also unenforcable.
  • such naked corruption in government before, but then again, I live in the United States.
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