The “look-alike”emblem, which had “COVID-19” written underneath, was published on the cover the the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan's magazine.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo Olympic officials are incensed that the games emblem has been used in the cover design of a local magazine that combines the logo with theTokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said in an online news conference on Tuesday that organizers had requested the Foreign Correspondents Club ofTakaya did not answer a direct question if the organizing committee was planning a legal challenge. He said negotiations were going on “in a private manner" with the Tokyo foreign journalists' club.
“It is very disappointing to see the games emblem being distorted and associated with the novel coronavirus, which affects human life, people’s lives, the economy, and our society," Takaya said."The design is clearly using the design of the Olympic emblem. We therefore consider it an infringement on our legally secured copyright to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic emblem.
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