TITLE XXXI
TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 350-A
MODEL STATE TRADEMARK ACT

Section 350-A:8

    350-A:8 Cancellation. –
The secretary of state shall cancel from the register:
I. After September 1, 1970, all registrations under prior acts which are more than 10 years old and not renewed in accordance with this chapter;
II. Any registration concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of the record;
III. All registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof;
IV. Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find
(a) that the registered mark has been abandoned,
(b) that the registrant is not the owner of the mark,
(c) that the registration was granted improperly,
(d) that the registration was obtained fraudulently.
V. When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.

Source. 1969, 448:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1969.