When we got back from Athens we found out that they (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

When we got back from Athens we found out that (the COC) had adopted our trademarks.

It's so huge. It's a long-term partnership and we hope to get more and more creative and raise more and more funds (because of it).

I hope the athletes know we're not going away and we will persevere. I hope Canadians get behind us more than ever and give us the funding to help our athletes who are training for Beijing.

We are the same organization, with the same goals.

Speaking of high-end shoe designers, in 2011 it was fascinating to see the design company of Christian Louboutin try to stop the company Yves Saint Laurent from producing high heels with red soles, claiming that Louboutin was the originator of the red sole. Louboutin lost, and I was glad. He was not the first person to paint a sole, and I am wary of patenting a color, like Tiffany blue. Why should we grant that entire history to Louboutin and say there are no predecessors and should be no successors?