Does it stop at bathroom signs?' asked Rachert.Īfter Interactive Male went public, Chris Rudge, the Canadian Olympic Committee's CEO, responded by reversing his organization's position, saying it was a case that had slipped between the cracks. 'Where does this stop? This is stick figures, and who has domain over stick figures? I mean, really. Joe Rachert, Interactive Male's senior manager, wants protection against what he called heavy-handedness from Olympic officials. The dating company, which calls itself North America's largest chat line for gay and bisexual men, said in a news release Tuesday that the COC had challenged their application to file their logo with the Canadian Trademark Office. Interactive Male's logo is too similar to pictograms often used to depict sporting events during the Olympic Games, the COC had argued.
The Canadian Olympic Committee has dropped a court challenge against a Vancouver gay male chat line over its logo, which depicts two men embracing.
