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Practice question: Marks, Collective Marks, and Trade Names Distinguished

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Practice question

A collective-mark owner allows use that deceives trade circles about the goods' common quality. It says only conventional trademark cancellation grounds can apply. Which is best?
  1. The collective label immunizes misleading use.
  2. Section 167.3 adds a specific cancellation ground for deceptive use concerning origin or common characteristics.
  3. Only a customer's criminal conviction can permit cancellation.
  4. Common quality is irrelevant to every collective mark.
  5. The registration becomes a service mark merely by deception.

Legal references

  • RA 8293, Intellectual Property Code, Sections 61-66, 121-124, 144-146, 165 and 167: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html

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