AMANDA PARK – Part-time ranger, guide and author Jason Bausher has reached a “non-resolution resolution” with the U.S. Olympic Committee about his use of the word “Olympic” in a 64-page travel guide, he said Sunday.
The author of Best of the Olympic Peninsula 2007 has heard nothing since September from the USOC – which had threatened him with legal action since January, saying his use of the word “Olympic” tread on the committee’s trademarks.
Bausher credits widespread August publicity with the silence since September.
“They had been calling me on the phone, sending me letters and threatening me, ” Bausher said.
“But once there was some public attention drawn to their activities – they didn’t apologize or say they were retracting anything – they just stopped talking to me.”
Bausher includes a disclaimer in the back of his booklet stating that it has no affiliation with the USOC.
He also lists 68 other geographical features, businesses and organizations with the “O” word in them that also have no affiliation with the USOC.
“For now, there’s a non-resolution resolution,” Bausher said.
“They know that I’m not hurting them, and they haven’t threatened me since the publicity hit.”
