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§78-55.
§78-55.
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
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.
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