It wouldn't seem to be a
good idea to get 2 million people with pointy sticks angry at you, but
the U.S. Olympic Committee did just that.
So it has just apologized
for sending a "cease and desist" letter to a social networking site for
knitters that is holding its own sort-of Olympic games.
Here's what the knotty
legal dispute is about:
As Gawker reported, knitters were "in revolt"
because the USOC's legal beagles got on their case this week over the websiteRavelry's
"Ravelympics" — featuring such competitions as the "Afghan
marathon."
To the USOC, that
"may constitute trademark infringement, unfair competition and dilution of
our famous trademarks," as its letter to Ravelry co-founder Casey Forbes states.
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