Olympic symbols Rings". In 1938, the Norwegian brewery Frydenlund patented a label for its root beer which featured the five Olympic rings. In 1952, when Norway was to host the Winter Olympics, the Olympic Committee was notified by Norway's Patent Office that it was Frydenlund who owned the rights to the rings in that country. Today, the successor company Ringnes AS owns the rights to use the patented five rings on its root beer. In addition, a few other companies have been successful in using the Olympic name, such as Olympic Paint, which has a paintbrush in the form of a torch
Chinese Taipei Olympic flag objections, Taiwan officially accepted the compromise in 1981, and the island competed in its first Olympics in 1984, at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia. For other Olympic-affiliated and international sporting events, Taiwan uses variations on the Olympic flag: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag The Chinese Taipei Olympic flag is used by the Republic of China (ROC) team—which competes under the title "Chinese Taipei," during the Olympic Games and another events instead of the flag of the Republic of China. This is a result of the complex Cross-Strait relations between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of