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LAPSE MARK [3 records]

Record 1 2005-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad industrial e intelectual
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Record 2 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Lapse ... the ending of a right or privilege because it was not renewed, not used, or otherwise neglected; the lapse of a lease.

OBS

Lapse of patent, trademark; forfeiture of application, patent, registration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

L'enregistrement d'une marque est frappé de déchéance si celle-ci n'a pas été utilisé au cours des cinq dernières années et si le propriétaire n'est pas en mesure de donner un juste motif pour le non-usage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Marcas de comercio (Derecho)
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 3 2004-07-20

English

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

At the request of the interested party, the competent federal body may declare the lapse of a trademark if the proprietor or the persons authorized by him fail, without valid reason, to use on the national market the trademark that distinguishes his goods or services during an uninterrupted period of five years as from the day on which the trademark was entered in the Trademark Register or the day of its last utilization.

OBS

Trademarks can lapse by rule of law (e.g. if the registration period has expired), because of another party's claim to the trademark, because of nonuse for five years, or because they have become generic or turned deceptive.

Key term(s)
  • lapse of a mark

French

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

La déchéance d'une marque peut être demandée pour toute appellation non exploitée de manière effective et sérieuse pendant une période de 5 ans.

Spanish

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