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Timestamp: 2017-12-13 11:13:53
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1527', '§2', '§1', '§7', '§2', '§6', '§2', '§1', '§7', '§6', '§6', '§2', '§6', '§32', '§6', '§1', '§7']

§1527-A
1. Cancellation required. The Secretary of State shall cancel from the register:
A. After one year from the effective date of this chapter, all registrations under prior Acts which are more than 10 years old and not renewed in accordance with this chapter; [1979, c. 572, §2 (NEW).]
B. Any registration on file when the Secretary of State receives a voluntary request for cancellation from the registrant or the assignee of record. The cancellation must be in writing and recorded with the Secretary of State and accompanied by a filing fee of $10, payable to the Treasurer of State. The Secretary of State may prescribe a form for this purpose. The Secretary of State, upon the recording of a cancellation under this paragraph, shall issue an attested copy to the remitter of the instrument; [2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §1 (AMD); 2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §7 (AFF).]
C. All registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the chapter; [1979, c. 572, §2 (NEW).]
D. Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find:
(3) That the registration was granted improperly;
(4) That the registration was obtained fraudulently;
(5) That the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant and not abandoned; provided that, should the registrant prove that he is the owner of a concurrent registration of his mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including this State, the registration shall not be cancelled; or
(6) That, in the case of a certification mark, the registrant does not control, or is not able legitimately to exercise control over, the use of the mark; engages in the production or marketing of any goods or services to which the certification mark is applied; permits the use of the certification mark for purposes other than to certify; or discriminately refuses to certify or to continue to certify the goods or services of any person who maintains the standards or conditions which the mark certifies; and [1981, c. 684, §§6, 7 (AMD).]
E. When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground. [1979, c. 572, §2 (NEW).]
[ 2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §1 (AMD); 2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §7 (AFF) .]
2. Classification. The following general classes of goods and services are established for convenience of administration of this chapter, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights and a single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods upon which, or services with which, the mark is actually being used. If the goods or services fall in more than one class, an additional fee in the amount prescribed in section 1522, subsection 2, shall be paid for each additional class.
A. Goods and services:
(2) Paints, varnishes, lacquers; preservatives against rust and against deterioration of wood; coloring matters, dyestuffs; mordants; natural resins and metals in foil and powder form for painters and decorators;
(3) Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations; soaps; perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions and dentifrices;
(6) Unwrought and partly wrought common metals and their alloys; anchors, anvils, bells, rolled and cast building materials; rails and other metallic materials for railway tracks; chains, except driving chains for vehicles; nonelectric cables and wires; locksmiths' work; metallic pipes and tubes; safes and cash boxes; steel balls; horseshoes; nails and screws; other goods in nonprecious metal not included in other classes and ores;
(7) Machines and machine tools; motors, except for land vehicles; machine couplings and belting, except for land vehicles; large size agricultural implements and incubators;
(9) Scientific, nautical, surveying and electrical apparatus and instruments, including wireless apparatus and instruments, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking, supervision, lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments; coin or counterfreed apparatus; talking machines, cash registers; calculating machines and fire extinguishing apparatus;
(10) Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary instruments and apparatus, including artificial limbs, eyes and teeth;
(11) Installations for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes;
(12) Vehicles and apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water;
(13) Firearms; ammunition and projectiles; explosive substances and fireworks;
(19) Building materials, natural and artificial stone, cement, lime, mortar, plaster and gravel; pipes of earthenware or cement; road-making materials; asphalt, pitch and bitumen; portable buildings; stone monuments and chimney pots;
(20) Furniture, mirrors, picture frames and articles, not included in other classes, of wood, cork, reeds, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum, celluloid, substitutes for all these materials or of plastics;
(23) Yarns and threads;
(24) Tissue piece goods; bed and table covers and textile articles not included in other classes;
(25) Clothing, including boots, shoes and slippers;
(30) Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, tapioca, sago, coffee substitutes; flour, and preparations made from cereals; bread, biscuits, cakes, pastry and confectionery, ices; honey, treacle; yeast, baking powder; salt, mustard, pepper, vinegar, sauces, spices and ice;
(31) Agricultural, horticultural and forestry products and grains not included in other classes; living animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds; live plants and flowers; foodstuffs for animals and malt;
(37) Insurance and financial;
(38) Construction and repair;
(43) Services not otherwise classified. [1997, c. 376, §6 (AMD).]
[ 1997, c. 376, §6 (AMD) .]
1979, c. 572, §2 (NEW). 1981, c. 684, §§6,7 (AMD). RR 1991, c. 2, §32 (COR). 1997, c. 376, §6 (AMD). 2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §1 (AMD). 2007, c. 535, Pt. A, §7 (AFF).