Court action eyed if no step taken to stop use of Tokyo Olympic logo

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2015, shows Olivier Debie, the designer of a Belgian theater logo who says his creation was plagiarized in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic symbol. Debie has indicated that court action will be readied in Belgium as early as Aug. 10 to get the International Olympic Committee to halt the use of the Olympic logo. Tokyo Olympic logo designer Kenjiro Sano has dismissed the plagiarism accusation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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