Source: https://www.abacus-ip.com/post/trademark-oppositions-cancellations-in-cambodia
Timestamp: 2020-07-07 02:16:38
Document Index: 736664635

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 15']

The Trademark Law provides for four separate procedures to challenge applications and registrations: opposition, invalidation, cancellation and removal. There's significant overlap between them, and we've seen them often incorrectly used interchangeably. Below is a roundup to shed some clarity on the differences in terms of timeframe, cost and grounds. Opposition Article of Trademark Law: 10(c) Timeframe: 90 days from publication in Official Gazette Official Fee: US$20 Grounds:
Invalidation Article of Trademark Law: 13 Timeframe: anytime Official Fee: US$105 Grounds:
Cancellation Article of Trademark Law: 14 Timeframe: anytime Official Fee: US$105 Grounds:
The applicant does not apply for renewal of the registered mark within the period prescribed. (Art. 14a)
The owner of the registered mark requests the removal. (Art. 14b)
The owner of the registered mark has not complied, within 90 days, with the conditions or restrictions prescribed under Article 8. (Art. 14c)
The owner of the registered mark ceases to have an address for service in the Kingdom of Cambodia. (e)-It is convinced upon evidence that the owner of the registered mark is not the legitimate owner. (Art. 14d)
It is convinced that the registered mark is similar or identical to a well known mark owned by third party. (Art. 14f)
Removal Article of Trademark Law: 15 Timeframe: at least five years after registration Official Fee: US$105 Grounds:
Up to one month prior to filing the request the mark had, after its registration, not been used by the registered owner or a licensee during a continuous period of five years, provided that a mark shall not be removed if it is shown that special circumstances prevented the use of the mark and that there was no intention not to use or to abandon the same in respect of those goods or services. (Art. 15)