The following can be grounds for cancellation:

• proprietary rights
• the mark is not distinctive
• notorious or well-known mark
• the mark is functional
• the mark is descriptive
• registration in the name of the agent or other representative of the proprietor of the mark
• breach of copyright
• the mark is misleading, deceptive or disparaging
• protected armorial bearings, flags and other State emblems
• registered design rights
• trade names
• the mark is generic
• rights in a personal name
• the mark is against public policy or principles of morality
• the mark consists of a geographical indication