The following can be grounds for cancellation:
- proprietary rights
- breach of copyright
- the mark is descriptive
- the mark is functional
- the mark is generic
- the mark is not distinctive
- notorious or well-known mark
- rights in a personal name
- registered design rights
- the mark was applied for in bad faith
- the mark is misleading, disparaging or deceptive
- protection of armorial bearings, flags and other State emblems
- registration in the name of the agent or other representative of the proprietor of the mark
- the mark consists of a geographical indication
- the mark is against public policy or principles of morality
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