Volume 49
Public Law 74–635
To prohibit the commercial use of the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation pursuant to the obligation of the Government of the United States under article 28 of the Red Cross Convention signed at Geneva July 27, 1929.
Approved June 20, 1936
Statutory text
AN ACT
To prohibit the commercial use of the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation pursuant to the obligation of the Government of the United States under article 28 of the Red Cross Convention signed at Geneva July 27, 1929.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That it shall be
Swiss Confederation.
Commercial use of coat of arms of, prohibited.
Vol. 47, p. 2092.
unlawful for any person, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated company, or association within the jurisdiction of the United States to use, whether as a trademark, commercial label, or portion thereof, or as an advertisement or insignia for any business or organization or for any trade or commercial purpose, the coat of arms of the Swiss Confederation, consisting of an upright white cross with equal arms and lines on a red ground, or any simulation thereof: Provided, That no person, corporation, or association that actually
Proviso.
Use of similar design for past 10 years.
used or whose assignors actually used a design or insignia identical with or similar to that described herein for any lawful purpose for ten years next preceding the effective date of this Act shall be deemed forbidden to continue the use thereof for the same purpose.
Sec. 2.
Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this
Penalty for violation.
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
Approved, June 20, 1936.