San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee

Congress chartered the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) (plaintiff) as a private organization and granted it the exclusive right to use the term "Olympic." When San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. (SFAA) (defendant) promoted an event as the "Gay Olympic Games," the USOC sued to enjoin that use, and SFAA countered that the USOC was a government actor whose selective trademark enforcement violated the Equal Protection Clause. The district court and court of appeals both sided with the USOC.