Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
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/us/usc/t36/s30507
Title
36 — Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations
Chapter
STII/PTB/CH305
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.”. 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. 1321.)
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
3050736:956.July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, § 16, 74 Stat. 518.
The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “and no other organization shall use the name ‘Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.’ ” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “and to allow others to use” are substituted for “or to allow or refuse the use of” for consistency in the revised title. The words “the corporation adopts” are substituted for “as have heretofore been used by the Blue Star Mothers of America” for consistency in the revised title.
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