Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-84

§5 PROTECTION AND USES OF TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES.

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › § 5

Last updated Apr 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Only the Foundation may allow someone to use the Foundation’s trade name or any trademark, seal, symbol, insignia, or emblem in advertising about a contribution, goods, or services — and the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee must agree. Use of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition’s trade name or symbols in those ads can be allowed by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee, or by the Foundation but only with the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee’s agreement.

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Title 36, §5

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“(a)Authorization for a contributor, or a supplier of goods or services, to use, in advertising regarding the contribution, goods, or services, the trade name of the Foundation, or any trademark, seal, symbol, insignia, or emblem of the Foundation may be provided only by the Foundation with the concurrence of the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee.

“(b)Authorization for a contributor or supplier described in subsection (a) to use, in such advertising, the trade name of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, or any trademark, seal, symbol, insignia, or emblem of such Council, may be provided—

“(1)by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee; or

“(2)by the Foundation with the concurrence of the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 5

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 22, 2026

Release point: 119-84