Tex. Property Code § 26.013
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 26.013, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 26.013. LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE.
Official statutory text
(a) A person who uses a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in a manner not authorized by this chapter is liable to the person who owns the property right for:
(1) the amount of any damages sustained, as a result of the unauthorized use, by the person who owns the property right or $2,500, whichever is greater;
(2) the amount of any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to that use;
(3) the amount of any exemplary damages that may be awarded; and
(4) reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and court costs incurred in recovering the damages and profits established by this section.
(b) The amount of profits under Subsection (a)(2) may be established by a showing of the gross revenue attributable to the unauthorized use minus any expenses that the person who committed the unauthorized use may prove.
(1) the amount of any damages sustained, as a result of the unauthorized use, by the person who owns the property right or $2,500, whichever is greater;
(2) the amount of any profits from the unauthorized use that are attributable to that use;
(3) the amount of any exemplary damages that may be awarded; and
(4) reasonable attorney's fees and expenses and court costs incurred in recovering the damages and profits established by this section.
(b) The amount of profits under Subsection (a)(2) may be established by a showing of the gross revenue attributable to the unauthorized use minus any expenses that the person who committed the unauthorized use may prove.
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