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The "3.15" International Day for Consumers' Rights and Interests is coming, the citizen of Jieyang City Xia Chuhui got a special result for right protection: he found that some enterprises were still using the emblem of Beijing Olympic Games in outdoor advertisings although the Beijing Olympic Games was ended for a year, then he reported it to the local industrial and commercial department; the department identified that the enterprises infringed the exclusive right of Olympic Games and made the decision of penalty of 15,000 yuan.
Logo can be used till the end of 2008
The 12315 consumer complaint and reporting center of Jieyang Municipal Bureau for Industry and Commerce received a report of a local citizen: there were enterprises illegally using of Olympic logo.
"I found that an insurance enterprise' advertising signboards and cross-road billboards are still with the five rings flag and emblem of Beijing Olympic Games. It has been more than a year since the end of the Beijing Olympic Games, and this is the illegal use of the Olympic logo and a violation of the Olympic Symbols." Xia Chuhui said, the use of the Olympic logo should be paid attention, because the illegal use is the same of violation of international intellectual property rights.
On March 3, Xia got the result that Jieyang Municipal Bureau for Industry and Commerce has made a punishment decision to order the enterprise to immediately stop the infringing behaviors on Olympic logo and fined 15,000 yuan.
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