Can a registration in Japan be canceled?

You can cancel a registration for the following reasons:

• The mark insults someone's dignity


• It was registered in bad faith


• The mark is prohibited


• It is used in a misleading or deceptive way


• It includes a protected badge or emblem


• It goes against moral standards or public order


• It involves a geographical indication


• It includes a protected armorial bearing, flag, or state emblem


• The mark is generic or too common


• The mark is functional, misleading, deceptive, disparaging, non-distinctive, or merely descriptive