Indiana Code 24-2-1-10. Registration cancellation
(1) a registration for which the secretary receives a voluntary request for cancellation by electronic application from the registrant or the assignee of record;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-2-1-10
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) a registration for which a court of competent jurisdiction finds that:
(A) the registered mark has been abandoned;
(B) the registrant is not the owner of the mark;
(C) the registration was granted improperly;
(D) the registration was obtained fraudulently;
(E) the registered mark is or has become the generic name for the good or the service, or a part of the good or the service, for which the mark was registered; or
(F) the registered mark is so similar to a mark registered by another person on the principal register in the United States Patent and Trademark Office as to be likely to cause deception, confusion, or mistake between the marks, and the mark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office was filed before the filing of the electronic application for registration by the registrant under this chapter. However, a mark may not be canceled under this clause if the registrant proves that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of a mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including Indiana; or
(4) a registration if a court of competent jurisdiction orders cancellation of the registration on any ground.
Formerly: Acts 1955, c.174, s.10. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.29; P.L.135-2006, SEC.12; P.L.59-2018, SEC.6; P.L.206-2021, SEC.11.