Bill Text: CA AB3259 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Alcoholic beverage control: licenses: nonprofit cultural film exhibition companies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-05 - Re-referred to Com. on G.O. [AB3259 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB3259-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3259

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Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

February 21, 2020

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An act to amend Section 17525 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3259, as introduced, Bloom. Cyber piracy.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person with a bad faith intent to register, traffic in, or use a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to the personal name of another living person or deceased personality, without regard to the goods or services of the parties.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 17525 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

17525.

 (a) It is unlawful for a person, person with a bad faith intent to register, traffic in, or use a domain name, name that is identical or confusingly similar to the personal name of another living person or deceased personality, without regard to the goods or services of the parties.

(b) This section shall not apply if the name registered as a domain name is connected to a work of authorship, including, but not limited to, fictional or nonfictional entertainment, and dramatic, literary, audiovisual, or musical works.

(c) A domain name registrar, a domain name registry, or any other domain name registration authority that takes any an action described in subdivision (a) that affects a domain name shall not be liable to any a person for that action, action regardless of whether the domain name is finally determined to infringe or dilute a trademark or service mark.