Defining a Harried Assignor

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It is a certification and training organization for officials, not a product like the Super Bowl. The only way you can keep someone from using it in the context of the qualifications of the officials working their event is to keep your officials themselves from using it for all events they participate in. And that would essentially make the existence of the organization irrelevant. The officials are either IAABO certified or not.

IAABO is trademarked, just like the Super Bowl is. Legally, the tournament organizer must get permission to use the trademark in its advertising. Just having IAABO officials isn't sufficient.