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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20907"
description: "Exclusive right to name and emblem"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "209"
chapter_name: "AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR"
section: "20907"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20907"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20907 - Exclusive right to name and emblem
## Text
The corporation has the exclusive right to use and to allow others to use the name “American Ex-Prisoners of War” and the official American Ex-Prisoners of War emblem or any colorable simulation of that emblem. This section does not affect any vested rights.
(Pub. L. 105225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1291.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2090736:2115.Aug. 10, 1982, Pub. L. 97234, § 16, 96 Stat. 263. The words “This section does not affect any vested rights” are substituted for “No powers or privileges hereby granted shall, however, interfere or conflict with established or vested rights” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.