A Trade-Mark Must Not Be any Design or Picture Adopted by a Fraternal Society as its Emblem - Things to Know About Trade-Marks: A Manual of Trade-Mark Information - 19 - J. Walter Thompson Company

A Trade-Mark Must Not Be Merely the Name of an Individual, Firm, Corporation, or Association unless said Name is Written, Printed, Impressed or Woven, in some Particular or Distinctive Manner, or is Used in Connection with the Portrait of the Individual A Trade-Mark Must Not Consist of, or Comprise, the Flag or Coat of Arms or other Insignia of the United States, or any Simulation thereof, or of any State, or Municipality, or of any Foreign Nation

A Trade-Mark Must Not Be any Design or Picture Adopted by a Fraternal Society as its Emblem

The intent of the law is to prohibit any individual from trading on the reputation of a fraternal order.

Registration was refused for the phrase "Knights of Labor" as a trade-mark on whiskey.