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United States Olympic Committee v. Xclusive Leisure Ltd.

2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12698 (2009)

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United States Olympic Committee v. Xclusive Leisure Ltd.

United States District Court for the Northern District of California
2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12698 (2009)

  • Written by Tammy Boggs, JD

Facts

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) (plaintiffs) (collectively, the USOC) owned numerous Olympic-related trademarks and symbols (the Olympic marks), including the trademarks for OLYMPIC, BEIJING 2008, and the Olympic rings. The USOC designated two specified vendors to sell tickets in the United States to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and there were sophisticated security measures in place to prevent resales. Nevertheless, a company called Xclusive Leisure Ltd. (XL) (defendant) operated seven websites offering to sell tickets to the Beijing Olympic Games. The websites displayed the Olympic marks as well as logos that closely resembled the word marks OLYMPIC and BEIJING 2008. Members of the public were deceived and defrauded by XL, believing that XL was an authorized vendor of tickets to the Olympic Games. The USOC sued XL seeking an injunction to stop the unauthorized use of the Olympic marks.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (White, J.)

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