I.-The French National Olympic and Sports Committee is the owner of the national Olympic emblems.
It is also the depositary of :
1° The Olympic emblems, flag, motto and symbol ;
2° The Olympic anthem;
3° The logo, mascot, slogan and posters of the Olympic Games;
4° The year of the Olympic Games “city + year”, in conjunction with the French Paralympic and Sports Committee;
5° The terms “Olympic Games”, “Olympism” and “Olympiad” and the acronym “JO”;
6° The terms “Olympic”, “Olympian” and “Olympienne”, except in common parlance for normal use excluding any use of any of them for promotional or commercial purposes or any risk of causing confusion in the mind of the public with the Olympic movement.
II -The act of registering as a trademark, reproducing, imitating, affixing, deleting or modifying the elements and terms mentioned in I or their translations, without the authorisation of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee, is punishable by the penalties set out in Articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-13 of the Intellectual Property Code.
III – By way of exception to II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this article shall be exercised by the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on its own behalf. However, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee may join any proceedings or body in order to obtain compensation for the damage it has suffered.