Section 327.002 - Ticket Website Domain Name Restricted(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: (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.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 327.002
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1348,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.