Article 15 - Olympic and Paralympic Trademark Protection Law
(65 ILCS 120/Art. 15 heading) ARTICLE 15.
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑1)
Sec. 15‑1. Article title. This Article may be cited as the Olympic and Paralympic Trademark Protection Law.
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑5)
Sec. 15‑5. Purpose. As part of the bid of Chicago 2016, an Illinois not‑for‑profit corporation, and the City of Chicago to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Chicago, this Article provides for additional protection for trademarks used by or reserved for exclusive use by the United States Olympic Committee and Chicago 2016 and its successor organizing committee for the Games (the OCOG) in the marketing, promotion, and operation of such Games. This Article amends the Trademark Registration and Protection Act to: prohibit any third party from registering trade names or trademarks used by the USOC, Chicago 2016, or the OCOG; protect against infringement of Olympic trademarks; and provide the USOC, Chicago 2016, and the OCOG, with exclusive rights to use certain words, emblems, slogans, mascots, and symbols for the Games, and the ability to enforce those rights against others who use them in commerce, including in Circuit Court in Cook County. This Article also amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act to prohibit registration of business names featuring certain Olympic trademarks from and after the effective date of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑10)
Sec. 15‑10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09; text omitted.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑15)
Sec. 15‑15. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09; text omitted.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑20)
Sec. 15‑20. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09; text omitted.)
(65 ILCS 120/15‑25)
Sec. 15‑25. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96‑7, eff. 4‑3‑09; text omitted.)