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18 U.S.C. § 708 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title X, § 1002(4), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 733; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 21a, 65 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146, penalized certain uses of the Swiss Confederation coat of arms.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 733; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 21a, 65 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146, penalized certain uses of the Swiss Confederation coat of arms.
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**(a) Application for use of trademark**
(1) The owner of a trademark used in commerce may request registration of its trademark on the principal register hereby established by paying the prescribed fee and filing in the Patent and Trademark Office an application and a verified statement, in such form as may be prescribed by the Director, and such number of specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used as may be required by the Director.
(2) The application shall include specification of the applicant’s domicile and citizenship, the date of the applicant’s first use of the mark, the date of the applicant’s first use of the mark in commerce, the goods in connection with which the mark is used, and a drawing of the mark.
(3) The statement shall be verified by the applicant and specify that—
(A) the person making the verification believes that he or she, or the juristic person in whose behalf he or she makes the verification, to be the owner of the mark sought to be registered;
(B) to the best of the verifier’s knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate;
(C) the mark is in use in commerce; and
(D) to the best of the verifier’s knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use such mark in commerce either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of such other person, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive, except that, in the case of every application claiming concurrent use, the applicant shall—
(i) state exceptions to the claim of exclusive use; and
(ii) shall 11 So in original. The word “shall” probably should not appear. specify, to the extent of the verifier’s knowledge—
(I) any concurrent use by othe
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 20, 1936, ch. 635, §§ 1, 2, 49 Stat. 1557, related to prohibition against commercial use of arms of Swiss Confederation. See former [section 708 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section708&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsections’’.
ing the belief that he is a member of or an agent
for an authorized national society using the Red
Crescent or the Third Protocol Emblem, the
International Committee of the Red Cross, or
the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or
both.
(b) Except as set forth in section 1 (c) and (d),
whoever, whether a corporation, association, or
person, uses the emblem of the Red Crescent or
the Third Protocol Emblem on a white ground
or any sign or insignia made or colored in imita-
tion thereof or the designations ‘‘Red Crescent’’
or ‘‘Third Protocol Emblem’’ shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than 6
months, or both.
(c) The following may use such emblems and
designations consistent with the Geneva Con-
ventions of August 12, 1949, and, if applicable,
the Additional Protocols:
(1) Authorized national societies that are
members of the International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and
their duly authorized employees and agents.
(2) The International Committee of the Red
Cross and its duly authorized employees and
agents.
(3) The International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies and its duly
authorized employees and agents.
(4) The sanitary and hospital authorities of
the armed forces of State Parties to the Gene-
va Conventions of August 12, 1949.
(d) This section does not make unlawful the
use of any such emblem, sign, insignia, or words
which was lawful on or before December 8, 2005,
if such use would not appear in time of armed
conflict to confer the protections of the Geneva
Conventions
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