HSK LLC v. United States Olympic Committee, The

  1. April 05, 2017

    Olympic Committee Kills Suit On Social Media Trademark Ban

    The U.S. Olympic Committee has won the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the group's notoriously strict trademark policies — a case that a federal judge said could only be filed after an actual threat of litigation.

  2. October 27, 2016

    USOC Wants Rug Cleaner's Response Nixed In Trademark Suit

    The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked a Minnesota federal court to toss the response of a carpet cleaning business seeking to keep alive its lawsuit over the committee’s claimed restrictions on posting about the Olympics on social media, saying that the business missed its deadline to respond.

  3. October 24, 2016

    Carpet Cleaner Says USOC Olympic TM Suit Should Continue

    A carpet cleaning business that wanted to post messages on social media about the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics told a Minnesota federal court that its preemptive suit against the U.S. Olympic Committee over threats not to use the committee's trademarks should continue despite the fact the business did not post during the games this past August.

  4. September 07, 2016

    USOC Wants Suit Over Olympic Marks Tossed

    The U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday urged a Minnesota federal court to toss a lawsuit by a carpet cleaning company that alleged the committee's claimed trademarks for Olympics-related hashtags and phrases on social media chills free speech, arguing that there is no real dispute since the company never attempted to use the marks itself.

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