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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 327.002

TICKET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME RESTRICTED

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1348 (S.B. 2409), Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a website operator may not intentionally use an Internet domain name, or any subdomain of the Internet domain name, in a ticket website's URL that contains any of the following:

(1) the name of:

(A) a performer;

(B) an organization or association that is associated with a performer, such as a professional sports league;

(C) a venue in this state; or

(D) an exhibition, performance, or other event to be held at a venue in this state;

(2) a trademark not owned by the website operator, including a trademark owned by an authorized agent or partner of the venue or event; or

(3) any name substantially similar to a name described by Subdivision (1), including a misspelling of the name.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a website operator who is authorized by a performer, organization, venue, or event's organizer to use the name or trademark on the performer's, organization's, venue's, or event's behalf for the purpose of selling or reselling tickets.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.