Registration can be canceled for the following reasons:
- Unfair competition
- Violation of proprietary rights
- Infringement of registered design rights
- The mark is misleading, deceptive, or disparaging
- Lack of distinctiveness in the mark
- Copyright infringement
- The mark serves a functional purpose
- Rights under Article 8 of the Paris Convention
- Rights under Article 6bis of the Paris Convention
- Rights under Article 6septies of the Paris Convention
- Rights under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention
- Registered certification marks
- Infringement of rights in a personal name
- The mark has become generic
- The mark violates public policy or moral principles
- The mark includes a geographical indication
- Registered appellations of origin
- The mark is merely descriptive
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