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HI SB2958
Bill
AI Summary
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Makes it unlawful for a person with bad faith intent to register, traffic in, or use a domain name identical or confusingly similar to another person's or deceased personality's personal name, without regard to goods or services offered.
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Expands factors a court may consider when determining bad faith intent to include the person's registration of multiple domain names similar to marks or names of others without consent.
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Removes the distinction between living persons and deceased personalities in domain name protections, extending rights protection to both categories.
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Provides an exception for good faith registrations of domain names consisting of another's name when used in connection with copyrighted works where the registrant is the copyright owner or licensee.
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Effective December 21, 2112.
Legislative Description
Cybersquatting; Domain Names; Online Protection; Individual and Business Rights; Bad Faith Intent
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) McDermott voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Nakashima, Souki, Takai, Wooley excused (5).
3/20/2014