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7'"July. 200(,
Pa~e 3457
3/ The Office upon receiving the application submitted
pursuant to Sub-Article (I) of this Article shall cause
the publication of such renunciation in an intellectual
property gazettc or a newspaper havIng natIonwide
circulation. Renunciation shall be eOcctive only
after the decision for cancellation has been entercd
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S. Cancellation
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1/ Any interested pe!son I?ay sub~it a:requ:st in writing
the cancellation of the registration of a trademark
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not been in use.
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A trademark shall be considered of non use,
where it is proved that the trademark has not,
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Ethiopia during a continuous period of at least
three years preceding the date of the request for
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The Office shall cancel the registration of
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Where the owner can prove the non-use of
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the trademark was due to force maluere.
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The use of a trademark
in a form differing
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do not alter its distinctive
character in which it was registered, shall not
be a ground for cancellation of the trademark.
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6- Invalidation
of Registration
1/ The registration
invalidated,
by
of a trademark may be
a written request of any
interested person or by the initiative of the
.Office
itself, when it is proved not to have
initially fulfilled the conditions laid down under
this Proclamation,