Section 333.50 Unauthorized Use is a Crime - Minnesota Statutes

333.50 UNAUTHORIZED USE IS A CRIME.

Any person, firm, copartnership, association, society, or corporation, except as authorized by the Duluth Jaycees who shall, with intent to acquire or obtain for personal or business purposes a benefit or advantage, assume, adopt or use in any manner the name and mark "portorama" or any other name or mark so nearly resembling the name and mark "portorama" as to be calculated to deceive the public with respect to the "portorama," or who, except as authorized by the Duluth Jaycees, shall, with intent to acquire or obtain for personal or business purposes a benefit or advantage, assume, adopt or use in any manner any other name, mark, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the Duluth Jaycees in carrying out its purposes relating to the "portorama" or any name, mark, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase confusingly similar thereto, calculated to deceive the public with respect to the "portorama," or who, except as authorized by the Duluth Jaycees, shall, with intent to acquire or obtain for personal or business purposes a benefit or advantage, assume, adopt or use the name "portorama," or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public with respect to the "portorama," shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History:

1967 c 224 s 1