Yes. A trademark application can be opposed on the following grounds:
- Proprietary rights
- Mark is descriptive
- Mark is not distinctive
- Mark is deceptive or misleading
- Breach of copyright
- Rights of a notorious mark
- Unauthorized use of protected flags, emblems, and armorial bearings
- Rights of trade names
- Rights in a registered design
- Rights in a personal name
- Mark is generic
- Mark uses a geographical indication
- Mark is against public policy or principles of morality
- Rights in a company name
- Mark includes a product shape
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