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CANCELLATION MARK [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Stamp and Postmark Collecting
DEF

An impression on a postage stamp done by machine, hand stamp, date stamp or indelible pencil to show the stamp has been used and to prevent its reuse.

OBS

postmark: "Cancellation" [and "cancel" are] not synonymous with "postmark," although [these] terms are frequently confused and used interchangeably.

OBS

cancellation: term used at Canada Post.

Key term(s)
  • cancelation
  • cancelation impression
  • cancelation mark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Philatélie et marcophilie
DEF

Empreinte sur un timbre faite à la machine, à la main, à l’aide d’un tampon imprimeur ou par une marque indélébile au crayon pour montrer que le timbre a été utilisé et pour empêcher qu'on le réutilise.

OBS

oblitération : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sellos postales y obliteración
  • Filatelia y matasellos
DEF

Marca con la cual en las oficinas postales o agencias autorizadas se inutilizan los sellos de franqueo.

CONT

Envíos normalizados. [...] Del lado del sobrescrito, una zona rectangular de 40 mm [...] de altura a partir del borde superior y de 74 mm de longitud a partir del borde derecho deberá reservarse para el franqueo y las impresiones de matasellado. Dentro de esta zona, los sellos de correos o impresiones de franqueo deberán colocarse en el ángulo superior derecho.

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Record 2 2004-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Commercial Law
  • Trade
CONT

Cancellation : The trademark cancellation is registered in the trademarks cancellation register.

CONT

In the only case where the Board allowed the cancellation of a trademark to occur, the registrant actually came forward and told the Board that he no longer wanted to use the trademark.

CONT

The Registrar as well as any interested person shall apply to the court for the cancellation of a mark registered contrary to the law.

CONT

The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark."

OBS

... Trademarks that describe the ingredients, qualities, features, purpose or characteristics of a product or service. These marks are not inherently distinctive, and thus do not receive trademark protection unless they acquire distinctiveness through secondary meaning.

Key term(s)
  • trade-mark cancellation
  • trade mark cancellation
  • cancellation of a trade-mark
  • cancellation of a trade mark
  • mark cancellation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce
CONT

Un mois avant l'expiration ou l'annulation d'une marque, une lettre recommandée est envoyée au demandeur pour l'enjoindre de payer une redevance de 45 $ afin de conserver la marque affectée.

Spanish

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