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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71217</law_id><section_number>59.1-92.10</section_number><catch_line>Cancellation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6.1">Registration and Protection of Trademarks and Service Marks</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall cancel, in whole or in part: <a id="paragraph-256702" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any registration concerning which the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> receives a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the <span class="dictionary">registrant</span> or the assignee of record; <a id="paragraph-256703" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any registration granted under this chapter or prior <span class="dictionary">law</span> and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof; or <a id="paragraph-256704" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any registration concerning which the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds on its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, or on <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of any person who alleges that he is or will be damaged by such registration, that:
				a. The registered <span class="dictionary">mark</span> has been <span class="dictionary">abandoned</span>;
				b. The <span class="dictionary">registrant</span> is not the owner of the <span class="dictionary">mark</span>;
				c. The registration was granted as a result of a clerical error;
				d. The registration was obtained fraudulently;
				e. The <span class="dictionary">mark</span> is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered; or
				f. There is a substantial likelihood of confusion with a <span class="dictionary">mark</span> or <span class="dictionary">trade name</span> previously used in this Commonwealth by another and not <span class="dictionary">abandoned</span>. <a id="paragraph-256705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may also cause a partial cancellation of a registration by requiring the <span class="dictionary">registrant</span> to <span class="dictionary">amend</span> the registration to adopt a narrower identification of goods or services than is identified in the original certificate. <a id="paragraph-256706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Before the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> cancels or partially cancels any registration under subdivision A 3, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall give reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard to the <span class="dictionary">registrant</span> and to other persons known to have or claim an interest in the <span class="dictionary">mark</span>. <a id="paragraph-256707" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-92.10/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 819.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
