California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 6 — Business Rights, Chapter 3 — Trade Names and Designations, Article 5 — Names Other Than Trade Names, Section 14495

The use of the name of any organization by any person, firm, or corporation not entitled to use the same under the constitution, by-laws, rules or regulations of the organization which owns the name or by the written consent of such organization, is presumptive evidence of the unlawful use or traffic in such name.

Notes

Establishes that use of an organization’s name by a person, firm, or corporation lacking authority under the organization’s constitution, bylaws, rules, or regulations, and lacking the organization’s written consent, is presumptive evidence of unlawful use of or traffic in that name.

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