Okla. Stat. tit. 78, § 78-55
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Exceptions
Official statutory text
A. This act does not apply to:
1. Conduct in compliance with the orders or rules of, or a
statute administered by, a federal, state, or local governmental
agency;
2. Publishers, broadcasters, printers, or other persons engaged
in the dissemination of information or reproduction of printed or
pictorial matter who publish, broadcast, or reproduce material
without knowledge of its deceptive character;
3. Actions or appeals pending on the date that this act becomes
effective; or
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4. Motor vehicle dealers who are new car franchise dealers
covered under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Commission Law as
set forth in Sections 561 through 580.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, inclusive.
B. This act shall be interpreted to apply to the use by a
person of any service mark, trademark, certification mark,
collective mark, trade name, or other trade identification which was
used and not abandoned prior to the effective date of this act, if
the use was in good faith and is otherwise lawful except for the
provisions of this act.
C. For purposes of paragraphs 13 and 14 of subsection A of
Section 53 of this title, a telephone company or other provider of a
telephone directory or directory assistance service or its officer
or agent is immune from liability for publishing the listing of a
fictitious business name or assumed business name of a supplier in
its directory or directory assistance database unless the telephone
company or other provider of a telephone or directory assistance
service is the same person as the supplier who has committed the
deceptive act.
1. Conduct in compliance with the orders or rules of, or a
statute administered by, a federal, state, or local governmental
agency;
2. Publishers, broadcasters, printers, or other persons engaged
in the dissemination of information or reproduction of printed or
pictorial matter who publish, broadcast, or reproduce material
without knowledge of its deceptive character;
3. Actions or appeals pending on the date that this act becomes
effective; or
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4. Motor vehicle dealers who are new car franchise dealers
covered under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Commission Law as
set forth in Sections 561 through 580.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, inclusive.
B. This act shall be interpreted to apply to the use by a
person of any service mark, trademark, certification mark,
collective mark, trade name, or other trade identification which was
used and not abandoned prior to the effective date of this act, if
the use was in good faith and is otherwise lawful except for the
provisions of this act.
C. For purposes of paragraphs 13 and 14 of subsection A of
Section 53 of this title, a telephone company or other provider of a
telephone directory or directory assistance service or its officer
or agent is immune from liability for publishing the listing of a
fictitious business name or assumed business name of a supplier in
its directory or directory assistance database unless the telephone
company or other provider of a telephone or directory assistance
service is the same person as the supplier who has committed the
deceptive act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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