Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 327.002 · Chapter 327. INTERNET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAMES FOR TICKET SELLERS
TICKET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME RESTRICTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1348 (S.B. 2409), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.327.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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