Okla. Stat. tit. 80, § 80-41
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Use of names including certain words prohibited
Official statutory text
It shall be unlawful for any individual, corporation or
partnership to sell or offer for sale any surplus materials as
defined in the Act of October 3, 1944, C. 479, 58 Statutes 765,
known as the "Surplus Property Act of 1944", who or which carries or
trades under, or in any way uses in dealing with the public,
directly or indirectly, any name which by reason of the inclusion of
a word or words such as "Army", "Navy", "United States", "Federal",
"Treasury", "Procurement", "G.I.", or any others which connote the
United States Government or its armed forces, or any of its
departments or agencies, has a tendency to lead the purchasing
public to believe, contrary to fact, that the establishment at which
such materials are offered for sale has some official relationship
to the United States Government, or that all of the articles sold or
offered for sale are such surplus materials, or that the articles
there sold are of higher quality and lower prices than those
elsewhere obtainable; provided, however, that this act shall not
apply to any corporation all of the stock of which is owned by the
United States Government.
partnership to sell or offer for sale any surplus materials as
defined in the Act of October 3, 1944, C. 479, 58 Statutes 765,
known as the "Surplus Property Act of 1944", who or which carries or
trades under, or in any way uses in dealing with the public,
directly or indirectly, any name which by reason of the inclusion of
a word or words such as "Army", "Navy", "United States", "Federal",
"Treasury", "Procurement", "G.I.", or any others which connote the
United States Government or its armed forces, or any of its
departments or agencies, has a tendency to lead the purchasing
public to believe, contrary to fact, that the establishment at which
such materials are offered for sale has some official relationship
to the United States Government, or that all of the articles sold or
offered for sale are such surplus materials, or that the articles
there sold are of higher quality and lower prices than those
elsewhere obtainable; provided, however, that this act shall not
apply to any corporation all of the stock of which is owned by the
United States Government.
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