Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

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The Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol is an international agreement that safeguards the Olympic emblem from unauthorized commercial use by requiring its legal protection in member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Intellectual Property Organization treaty ⓘ
intellectual property treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
aimsTo safeguard the Olympic symbol from unauthorized commercial use ⓘ
appliesTo commercial use of the Olympic symbol ⓘ
beneficiary International Olympic Committee ⓘ
fullName Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalArea intellectual property law ⓘ
trademark law ⓘ
obliges contracting states to prevent unauthorized commercial use of the Olympic symbol ⓘ
contracting states to refuse or invalidate trademarks containing the Olympic symbol without authorization ⓘ
prohibits registration of the Olympic symbol as a trademark without IOC consent ⓘ
unauthorized commercial exploitation of the Olympic symbol ⓘ
protects Olympic emblem ⓘ
linked to: Olympic rings

Olympic symbol ⓘ
linked to: Olympic rings
protectsInterestsOf Olympic Movement ⓘ
purpose to ensure exclusive rights over the Olympic symbol for the Olympic Movement ⓘ
to harmonize protection of the Olympic symbol among member states ⓘ
relatedTo Olympic Charter ⓘ
protection of Olympic properties ⓘ
requires legal protection of the Olympic symbol in contracting states ⓘ
requiresAuthorizationFrom International Olympic Committee for commercial use of the Olympic symbol ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
shortName Nairobi Treaty ⓘ
subject protection of the Olympic symbol ⓘ
symbolDefinedAs five interlaced rings of equal dimensions ⓘ
rings of Olympic colors used alone or in combination ⓘ

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WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ⓘ
WIPO member states → canJoin → Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ⓘ
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol → fullName → Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ⓘ
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol → shortName → Nairobi Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol