---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 159"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "159"
heading: "Unauthorized use of legend; penalty"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/159"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — China Trade"
---

# §159. Unauthorized use of legend; penalty


No individual, partnership, or association, or [corporation](/usc/15/142.md?p=c) not incorporated under this chapter or under a law of the United States, shall engage in business within [China](/usc/15/142.md?p=b) under a name in connection with which the legend “Federal Inc. U.S.A.” is used. Any [person](/usc/15/142.md?p=a) violating this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation.


## Source credit

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 19, 42 Stat. 855.)