UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE v. INTELICENSE

Nos. 1324, 1331, Dockets 83-9025, 83-9063.

737 F.2d 263 (1984)

UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTELICENSE CORPORATION, S.A., International Sports Marketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MARKETING, INC., INTELICENSE, S.A., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1984.

Certiorari Denied November 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Langrock, Langrock, Sperry, Parker & Wool, Middlebury, Vt., for defendants-appellants.

Robert D. Rachlin, Downs, Rachlin & Martin, Burlington, Vt., for plaintiff-appellee; Richard G. Kline, Edward T. Colbert, Joseph D. Lewis, Beveridge, DeGrandi & Kline, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, KAUFMAN and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 5, 1984. See 105 S.Ct. 387.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.

We are asked today to decide whether the five-ring Olympic symbol can be commercially marketed within the United States without the consent of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). While the roots of the Olympic Games can be traced to the first Olympiad held in Ancient Greece in 776 B.C., the temporal spectrum necessary to resolve this dispute is far more modest...

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