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title: O.C.G.A. § 10-1-471. Injunction against infringement.
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# O.C.G.A. § 10-1-471. Injunction against infringement.

Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of Code Section 10-1-470, the organization entitled to the exclusive use of the name in question under the terms of said Code section shall have the right to apply to the proper court for an injunction to restrain the infringement of its name and the use of its emblems; and, if it shall be made to appear to the court that the defendants are in fact infringing or about to infringe on the name and style of a previously existing benevolent, fraternal, social, humane, or charitable organization in the manner prohibited in said Code section or that the defendant or the defendants are wearing or using the badge, insignia, or emblems of said organization without the authority thereof and in violation of said Code section, an injunction may be issued by the court under the principles of equity without requiring proof that any person has been in fact misled or deceived by the infringement of such name or the use of such emblem.

## History

Ga. L. 1909, p. 139, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 1994; Code 1933, § 106-202.