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Seattle’s KOMO-4 News interviewed me today about the Olympic For Hire taxi company.

The company uses the Olympic name and logo here in town, presumably without the U.S. Olympic Committee’s permission.

I think these types of reports are good, because they help educate the public about what’s ok and what’s not ok with trademark use.

Of course, the USOC has few friends in Seattle. With hundreds of businesses proudly calling themselves “Olympic” in honor of our majestic Olympic Mountains, the USOC did itself a disservice when it bullied local merchants into changing their names two years ago when the Games were in Vancouver, B.C., 100 miles to the north.

Bully to them.

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