Robot Olympics have copyright issue with Olympic Committee
from
Wired
bq. Robolympics founder David Calkins was surprised when he opened a letter from the United States Olympic Committee demanding his group stop using the word "olympic" to describe a robotics competition.
bq. The letter from USOC assistant general counsel Kelly Maynard was dated Nov. 20, 2003 -- shortly after Calkins had filed papers to register the name as a trademark for the robot event.
bq. "The last time I checked, the USOC wasn't hosting robot sumo events," said Calkins. "Common sense dictates that no one would confuse a 6-pound hunk of steel and plastic with Picabo Street, nor would this dilute her image or in any way disrespect her accomplishments.
Get a life guys... Sheesh
Posted by DaveH at December 15, 2003 1:19 PM