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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-412" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary of State shall cancel a registration of a mark if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the registrant asks that it be canceled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the registrant fails to renew it;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a court of competent jurisdiction orders that it be canceled on any ground; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a court of competent jurisdiction finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the mark is abandoned;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the registrant does not own the mark;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the registration was granted improperly; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the registration was obtained fraudulently.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall cancel the registration of a mark if a court of competent jurisdiction finds the mark to be likely to confuse or deceive because it resembles a mark that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>was registered by another person in the United States Patent Office before the date the registrant applied for registration under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is not abandoned.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of State may not cancel the registration of a mark if the registrant proves that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the registrant holds a concurrent registration of the mark in the United States Patent Office; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the registration in the United States Patent Office covers an area that includes the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
