36 USC § 21705
Exclusive right to name, emblems, and badges
October 21, 2020
The corporation and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name "The American Legion" or "American Legion". The corporation has the exclusive right to use, manufacture, and control the right to manufacture, emblems and badges the corporation adopts.
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Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 21705 | 36:44 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons). | Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §§4 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons), 8, 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, 67 Stat. 82. |
| 36:48. |
The word "sole" is omitted as included in "exclusive". The words "to have and", "in carrying out its purposes", and "in carrying out the purposes of the corporation" are omitted as unnecessary.
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