On The International Legal Protection Of Olympic Symbols

Olympic Signs are vital symbol of not only Olympic Games but also Olympic Sports and are taking on increasing market value in the process of reformation and development of the Olympic Games and Olympic Sports. As far as the latest Olympic Games in the two decades, Market-development activities which make use of use of Olympic Signs to cany on Concession Management has become the main financial source of Olympic Game's income .As far as Peking is concerned, it is direct requirement to hold the best Olympic Game as well as significant embodiment to promote roundly legal-system construction and to neaten and maintain market economy system after China acceded to WTO. In the thesis, the author thinks that to protect Olympic Signs should begin with followings. Firstly, to confirm the concept, obligee, and legal characteristic of Olympic Signs. Secondly, it is an important part of intellectual property protection of China. Market exploitation and social-propagandism activities of 2008 Olympic Game are about to expanse across-the-board after the Protection Act of Olympic Signs came on. In the course, it is inevitable to relate to use and management of Olympic Signs. So, celebrating well Olympic Games must have the guarantee operating by law. Specially, international Olympic Committee emphasizes the essentiality of law by the rules of application for celebrating Olympic Games. Thirdly, it is well known that celebrating Olympic Games brings host country enormous business chance and it is normal to gain economic benefit by Olympic Games. At the same time, Olympic Games is global gym pageant and it bears the weight of peace and development and concerns national image. How to join the Olympic international family and ensure not to infringe upon the rights and interests of Olympic Committee and correlative obliges has become important precondition and basic guarantee to come off modern Olympic Games successfully. Finally, celebrating the Olympic Games triumphantly will be a kind of promotion to Chinese economic and law. At one time , it can provide China with astage ensuring the compatibility of china's Signs legal protection with that of the world in the course the international gymkhanas.