Trademark applications can be opposed on the following grounds:
- Proprietary rights
- Mark is descriptive
- Mark is not distinctive
- Mark is misleading, disparaging or deceptive
- Mark is functional
- Breach of copyright
- Rights of a well-known mark
- Use of protected armorial bearings, state emblems or flags
- Rights of a tradename
- Rights in a registered design
- Rights in a personal name
- Mark is generic
- Mark uses a geographical indication
- Mark contradicts public policy and principles of morality
- Rights in a company name
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