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

California Assembly Bill 3259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3259

Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

February 21, 2020

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.

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

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.