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North Dakota Century Code Title 47. Property § 47-22-08. Cancellation

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The secretary of state shall cancel from the register:

1. Any registration concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record on forms prescribed by the secretary of state.

2. All registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

3. Any registration concerning which a state district court shall find any of the following:

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.

e. That the registration mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States patent office, prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; provided, however, that should the registrant prove that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of the registrant's mark in the United States patent office covering an area including this state, the registration hereunder shall not be canceled.

4. When a district court shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.

5. Any mark whose registered owner is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability limited partnership that has ceased to exist for six months.

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