Exam Flashcards
The IOC has never owned its marks and symbols with the borders of any country except Switzerland (the country it is located)
True
What did these two conventions create?
Paris convention for the protection of industrial property (1883)
AND
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Work (1886)
These two conventions created The World Intellectual Property Organization
What was the goal of the World Intellectual Property Organization?
The goal of the organization: to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among states
AND
To ensure administrative cooperation among the intellectual property Unions
What were the two branches comprised of the Intellectual property?
Industrial property: primarily in inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, and appellations of origin, and…
Copyright: primarily in literary, artistic, photographic, and audiovisual works
Dr. Kamil Idris
Former director of general of WIPO
What By-law states the IOC is responsible for the protection of the Olympic flag, symbol, and motto?
By-law rule 6: It shall take every appropriate step possible to attain their legal protection on a national and international basis
Director of Legal Affairs of the IOC
Howard Stupp
How much money was spent to change the Olympic logo?
1.7 million to create a new logo but they just changed the colours and then flipped it upside down
How many nations signed the Nairobi Treaty? Who were some countries that did not?
Only 55 countries signed onto the Nairobi treaty
Canada, China, US and more refused to sign it
What did the Nairobi Treaty detail?
If you sign the treaty, your government recognizes that the IOC government in Switzerland owns the 5-ring symbol in their country
Who won the rights to host the 1976 Olympic Games?
Montreal won the rights to host the 1976 Olympic Games
What is Section N193?
After the Canadian government failed to protect the olympic symbol, words, and flag, Toronto lawyers Sims Hughes Ashton Mckay takes on the act of trying to fix everything. They release Section N193 - the section that protects trademarks.
Why did the Canadian Register of Trademarks 3 Part test fail the first time?
- There must be a significant degree of government control (The olympic treaty states they’re free of government control with no government influence)
Why did Sims Hughes Ashton Mckay later win using the Canadian Register of Trademarks 3 Part test?
They went back and win their appeal as they proved through evidence that they have a significant degree of government control
1988 games location
Calgary Games of 1988
What was the Blood in the water water polo match? And where was it located?
Blood in the water water polo match - hungary vs soviet union 1956 - bloodiest game in olympic history
Horst Dassler
Horst Dassler was founder of coca cola and ISL Marketing
Who did ISL also partner with?
ISL Marketing was also partnered with FIFA - 1982 FIFA World Cup
The only place to bid for 1984 games?
LA
Which games made the most ever?
LA Games Made 250 million - most a game has made ever at this point
Which games were one of the only games to gain a fund?
1984 LA Privately funded games - one of the only games to gain a fund
What is TOP? And which games were the first to use it?
TOP = The Olympic Program
1988 Games - Calgary first to use TOP
Which player on the Dream team basketball team covered the Reebok logo?
Micheal Jordon as he had a player sponsorship with Nike
Which olympiad was intended to be a milestone on the road to a new way of life?
Games of the XX Olympiad (1972)
Undaunted by their loss to Nagano, the Salt Lake City Bid Committee orchestrated a full-scale gift-giving campaign.
True
What was the name of the organization that formed to manage TOP after the decision to discontinue the IOC/ISL relationship?
Meridian Management
Henry Kissinger told the House Committee of Commerce the IOC had “come as close to achieving [reforms] as possible”
True
Who chaired the “hearing panel” of the House Committee of Commerce - Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigations?
Fred Upton
The first organized disabled sports competition occurred in 1960 at Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
False:
Stoke Mandeville hospital hosted the first games
IOC Director General François Carrard chaired the lOC’s ad hoc Commission established in December 1998.
False:
The chair was Richard Pound (Carrard was administrative support)
Which of the following companies was appointed to act as exclusive world licensing agent for the copyrighted pictograms?
Intelicense Corporation SA
The IOC has relied on a pro-active policy of identifying violators and registering protests to protect its 5-ring mark.
False:
IOC is reactive not proactive, will not actively go out and do something (defenders not attackers)
Which of the following current or former IOC members was addressed a warning by the IOC Executive Board?
Anton Geesink
Anton tax evasion (evading state tax)
Public Law 95-606 assigns exclusive rights to words “Olympic,” “Olympiad,” and “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” to the IOC.
False:
95-606 US amature sports act (no public law in place that is in place for 206 countries in the world)
Historically, which of the following television networks was the IOC’s only option in Europe?
EBU
Thomas Welch and David Johnson were convicted on each count of the indictment at the “great Olympic scandal trial.”
False:
No one would be taken to trial
What Congressman sponsored “The Olympic Television Broadcast” that, if passed, transferred control of U.S. television?
Tom McMillen
The objectives of WIPO are
(1) promote the protection of intellectual property;
(2) ensure administrative cooperation.
True
Which current TOP Partner began its long-standing association with the Olympic Movement at the Games of the IX Olympiad?
Coca-Cola
It was ISL that developed the structure of sponsorship as an orderly tool of marketing communications.
True:
ISL was first world marketing sports industry for world cup
Which association recommended the 10C amend the Olympic Charter, making participation in TOP compulsory for all NOCs?
AENOC
The mandate of the Ethics Commission was to investigate the Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
False:
Ethics commission broader contacts (ad hoc committee is what the answer was)
Who was appointed the first full time Marketing Director for the IOC in February 1989?
Micheal Payne
One of the more significant sources of conflict between the IOC and OCoG was the method of distributing TV rights money.
True
Which two TV networks bid $300 million in round five of the U.S. television rights negotiations for the Calgary Games?
NBC and ABC
The IOC/ISL relationship ended in 1996 as a result of ISL’s recommendation that the IOC assume control of NOC logistics.
False:
This is what the media put out in a statement, but it was actually because of a firing internally
