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47 U.S.C. § 399a

Use of business or institutional logograms

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(a) “Business or institutional logogram” defined

For purposes of this section, the term “business or institutional logogram” means any aural or visual letters or words, or any symbol or sign, which is used for the exclusive purpose of identifying any corporation, company, or other organization, and which is not used for the purpose of promoting the products, services, or facilities of such corporation, company, or other organization.

(b) Permitted uses

Each public television station and each public radio station shall be authorized to broadcast announcements which include the use of any business or institutional logogram and which include a reference to the location of the corporation, company, or other organization involved, except that such announcements may not interrupt regular programming.

(c) Authority of Commission not limited

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Commission to prescribe regulations relating to the manner in which logograms may be used to identify corporations, companies, or other organizations.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 399A, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, § 1230, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 730.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2000–2013 · leading case: Minority Television Proj. Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2009).
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Minority Television Proj. Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2009). · cites it 3× “See 47 U.S.C. § 399a. But Congress heard testimony that “to put direct advertising messages on the air .”
Minority Television Proj., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 676 F.3d 869 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “The Public Broadcast Amendments Act of 1981, codified in 47 U.S.C. §§ 399a and 399b, modified these restrictions to enhance donor acknowledgments, to allow public broadcasters to air any content (including advertisements) for which consideration is not received, and to allow…”
Minority Television Proj., Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 736 F.3d 1192 (9th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “Later that year, after two days of hearings,1 Congress essentially codified the FCC’s new framework in 47 U.S.C. §§ 399a and 399b.2 1 Hearings before the Subcomm.”
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Curators of the Univ. of Missouri, 203 F.3d 1085 (8th Cir. 2000). “, 47 U.S.C. § 399a(b) (requiring that sponsorship announcements not interrupt "regular programming").”
Minority Television Proj., I v. FCC (9th Cir. 2013). “Later that year, after two days of hearings,1 Congress essentially codified the FCC’s new framework in 47 U.S.C. §§ 399a and 399b.2 1 Hearings before the Subcomm.”
— 47 U.S.C. § 399a(a) — 1 case
Minority Television Proj. Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2009). “See 47 U.S.C. § 399a. But Congress heard testimony that “to put direct advertising messages on the air .”
— 47 U.S.C. § 399a(b) — 2 cases
Minority Television Proj. Inc. v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2009). “See 47 U.S.C. § 399a. But Congress heard testimony that “to put direct advertising messages on the air .”
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. Curators of the Univ. of Missouri, 203 F.3d 1085 (8th Cir. 2000). “, 47 U.S.C. § 399a(b) (requiring that sponsorship announcements not interrupt "regular programming").”
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