36 U.S.C. § 21904
Section 21904 · Exclusive right to name
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case American National Theatre v. American National Theatre Inc. (2006)
Most recently applied in American National Theatre & Academy v. American National Theatre Inc. (July 2008)
The corporation and its State and local branches and subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “The American National Theater and Academy”.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 21904 36:3305. July 5, 1935, ch. 373, §5, 49 Stat. 458. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “to have” are omitted as included in “to use”. The words “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.