The following are grounds for a trademark application to be opposed:
- Conflicts with an earlier registered mark (proprietary rights)
- Mark is in conflict with standards of morality or public policy
- Mark is descriptive, functional, misleading, disparaging, deceptive, non-distinctive, or generic
- Mark is in conflict with a registered design
- Mark is in conflict with a personal name
- Mark uses a geographical indication
- Breach of copyright
- Mark is in conflict with a notorious mark
- Mark is in conflict with a trade name
- Mark was registered under the agent or representative’s name
- Mark uses protected armorial bearings, emblems or flags without authorization
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