Olympics bill comes under attack

Existing legislation already prevents non-official sponsors from using distinctive “Olympic marks” like the Olympic rings.

But the new bill will make it illegal to combine words like “games”, “medals”, “gold”, “2012”, “sponsor” or “summer” in any form of advertising. —Olympics bill comes under attack (BBC)

Note that the Olympics Bill seems to apply only to advertising connected to the 2012 London games.

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