Tag Archives: usoc

Fri 25th May 2012
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Olympic Committee sues man it won UDRP against - USOC claims person continues to infringe on its trademarks. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Alan Bachand, an individual with whom the organization has a history when it comes to domain names. Back in 2009 the USOC objected to Bachand’s use of the domain name OlympicsBestHotels.com to pitch hotels for the Vancouver Olympics. It ended up filing a UDRP against Bachand and won control of the domain. Now the USOC is objecting ... read more ...
Thu 18th September 2008
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Chicago Man Files Lawsuit to Keep Chicago2016.com - Follow up to Domain Name Wire story about Chicago2016.com. The battle over Chicago2016.com is turning into an olympic-scale battle. Stephen Frayne Jr., who owns Chicago2016.com, has filed a lawsuit to keep the domain name that is currently pending a UDRP decision at WIPO. As noted in Domain Name Wire’s previous article, Chicago 2016’s United States Olympic Committee (USOC) uses Chicago2016.org as its web site. In the lawsuit, Frayne argues USOC is violating ... read more ...