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The Boxing Kangaroo has taken a jab from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The IOC has ordered a large Boxing Kangaroo flag be taken down from the Winter Games athletes' village in Vancouver, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The IOC ordered the flag, which shows a red-gloved golden kangaroo on a green background, be taken down because it was too commercial as it was a registered trademark, the reports says.
But the Australians are defying the IOC order and are keeping the flag flying from their accommodation block.
The flag is a registered trademark because it is used by the Australian Olympic Committee to promote sport and fair play in schools.
The rights to the image were bought from Alan Bond, who licensed it after flying it from his America's Cup-winning yacht in 1983.
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