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What does it mean to cancel a trademark and not use it for three years? If someone has not used it for three years, is there any way to get it back?

Answer 1. Situations in which a trademark is revoked. Generally speaking, common situations that cause a trademark to cease use for three consecutive years and be revoked mainly include the following aspects: (1) Others apply for cancellation, and the Trademark Office will press the registration A notice to provide evidence of use was issued to the person's original registered address, but the registrant did not receive the documents due to the change of address, causing the evidence to be provided to expire; (2) Others filed a cancellation application, and the registrant or staff received a notice to provide evidence of use from the Trademark Office, because He has weak legal awareness and ignores it; (3) Others apply for revocation, and the registrant receives a notification from the Trademark Office to provide evidence of use, but the evidence of use submitted by the registrant does not meet the evidence requirements of the National Trademark Office and is not accepted. 2. What does "cancellation of non-use pending review for three years" mean? First, the case of overdue proof. A customer produces a certain brand of women's shoes and has been operating for decades. The brand has a high reputation and good reputation in the national market. The customer invested a lot of manpower and material resources into this brand because he never cared about the status of the trademark after getting the trademark registration certificate. When checking the usage status of the trademark, it was found that the trademark file record showed "cancellation pending review after not being used for three years." After many efforts, we learned that six months ago, a natural person requested the Trademark Office to cancel the request for suspension of use for three consecutive years. The Trademark Office issued a notice to the trademark registrant to provide evidence of use for the past three years within the prescribed time, but the registrant failed to do so due to the change of address. Documents received. The Trademark Office serves the notice according to the announcement. If the registrant does not discover it in time, the trademark may face the possibility of being revoked after the expiration of the announcement period. Afterwards, the author quickly organized the collection of valid evidence and submitted it to the Trademark Office, which reduced the risk of the client's trademark being revoked. Second, the situation is ignored. A company produces a certain brand of clothing, which is sold in all provinces and major shopping malls across the country. Two years ago, the company's staff did not pay attention to the notice issued by the Trademark Office requiring the submission of evidence of use of the trademark in the past three years. Half a year later, the Trademark Office revoked the trademark in accordance with the law. Later, agents and dealers across the country asked to terminate the contract, and shopping malls asked to remove the trademark. Enterprises immediately faced huge crises and pressures. Unfortunately, the company can only carry out post-processing procedures and take a long time to review, and the case is still under trial until now. For the third situation mentioned above, it is best to entrust a professional trademark agency to handle the defense against the cancellation of a registered trademark that has ceased to be used for three consecutive years, because the burden of proof lies entirely with the trademark registrant. Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of the National Trademark Office, it is particularly important to provide timely and legal evidence of organizational use to prove the use of trademarks. Professional trademark agencies have rich experience and can try their best to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises. For applications that have suspended use of a registered trademark for three consecutive years, it is recommended that the trademark registrant entrust a professional trademark agency to collect and submit effective evidence after receiving the notice of time limit for providing evidence from the National Trademark Office. Generally speaking, evidence of trademark use specifically focuses on: (1) The trademark is used on goods, product packaging, containers, and related transaction documents (such as signs, product descriptions, manuals, sales agreements, bills, etc.); (2) The forms of evidence of use of service trademarks include (service place decorations, menus, posters, price lists, documents, service agreements, etc.); (3) The forms of evidence used for advertising include radio, television, magazines, newspapers, billboards, etc. Media advertising, exhibition materials, photos, approval documents from competent authorities, etc. The above evidence provided by the trademark registrant must be true, valid and legal. Note that because it has stopped use for three consecutive years, the registrant needs to prove evidence of continuous use in the past three years when submitting evidence. The previous evidence is invalid and will not be accepted by the National Trademark Office even if it is submitted. 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