Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
About This Law
/us/usc/t36/s200306
Title
36 — Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations
Chapter
STII/PTB/CH2003
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
Highlight any text to annotate
The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. The corporation has the exclusive right to use and to allow others to use seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1454.)
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
20030636:547.Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 774, § 17, 68 Stat. 752.
The words “sole” and “or refuse” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “corporation adopts” are substituted for “as it may legally adopt” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “and such emblems, seals, and badges as have heretofore been used by the Illinois corporation described in section 548 of this title and the right to which may be lawfully transferred to the corporation” are omitted as executed and obsolete.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.