The following can be grounds for cancellation:
- proprietary rights
- notorious or well-known mark
- the mark is not distinctive
- the mark is misleading, deceptive or disparaging
- the mark is descriptive
- rights in a personal name
- 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
- trade names
- the mark is generic
- the mark does not meet the definition of a trademark
- the mark is against public policy or principles of morality
- the mark consists of a geographical indication
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