Common use of Grounds for Revocation Clause in Contracts

Grounds for Revocation. 1. Each Party shall provide that a trademark shall be liable to revocation if, within a continuous period of at least three years, it has not been put to genuine use in the relevant territory in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered, and there are no proper reasons for non-use. No person may claim that the proprietor's rights in a trademark should be revoked where, during the interval between expiry of the minimum three-year period and filing of the application for revocation, genuine use of the trademark has been started or resumed. The commencement or resumption of use within a period of three months preceding the filing of the application for revocation which began at the earliest on expiry of the continuous period of at least three years of non-use shall, however, be disregarded where preparations for the commencement or resumption occur only after the proprietor becomes aware that the application for revocation may be filed.

Grounds for Revocation. 1. Each Party shall provide that a trademark shall be liable to revocation if, within a continuous period of at least three five years, it has not been put to genuine use in the relevant territory in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered, and there are no proper reasons for non-use. No However, no person may claim that the proprietor's rights in a trademark should be revoked where, during the interval between expiry of the minimum threefive-year period and filing of the application for revocation, genuine use of the trademark has been started or resumed. The commencement or resumption of use within a period of three months preceding the filing of the application for revocation which began at the earliest on expiry of the continuous period of at least three five years of non-use use, shall, however, be disregarded where preparations for the commencement or resumption occur only after the proprietor becomes aware that the application for revocation may be filed.