Protecting Olympic Intellectual Property

May 02, 2003 | BY

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Protecting intellectual property rights is one of the most important aspects of staging the Olympics. Today a substantial portion of the Games' financing stems from marketing Olympic symbols. What measures has Beijing taken to regulate IPR in anticipation of the 2008 Games?

By Fraser Mendel and Chao Yijun, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Beijing

When Beijing submitted its bid to become the Host City for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad to take place in the summer of 2008, its bid proposal provided that the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) and the Beijing Government would attempt to secure legislation protecting Olympic intellectual property rights (Olympic IPR). Shortly after Beijing was selected as the Host City, the Beijing Government passed local regulations protecting Olympic IPR, followed several months later by the State Council's issuance of the Protection of Olympic Symbols Regulations (the Regulations), which were effective April 1 2002. These Regulations extend broad protection of Olympic IPR at the national level.

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