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Rh No. 4

INSIGNIA

. The Office will not attempt to determine whether an emblem appearing in a deposited work is one which some person or organization other than the applicant has the exclusive right to use. However, where the emblem is readily recognized as the well­ known emblem authorized by Federal statute for exclusive use by a particular organization (e.g., the Red Cross or Smokey Bear), the Office may make inquiry as to the applicant 's right to use it in the deposited work. [July 1953]