The following can be grounds for cancellation:
- earlier conflicting registration
- the mark is generic
- the mark is descriptive
- the mark is functional
- the mark is not distinctive
- breach of copyright
- the mark is misleading, deceptive or disparaging
- rights of notorious or well-known marks
- rights of protected armorial bearings, flags and other State emblems
- rights in trade names
- registration in the name of the agent or other representative of the proprietor of the mark
- rights in a personal name
- registered design rights
- the mark is against public policy or principles of morality
- the mark consists of a geographical indication
- the trademark infringes another's patent or other rights as affirmed by the court's final decision
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