Acquisition and protection of trademark rights under the trademark law applies mainly to the use of trademarks.
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If the trademark is not used after obtaining legal protection rights by trademark registration, the trademark right will be waived.
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Abandonment of trademark rights occurs when a trademark owner ceases to use a trademark without intention to resume use.
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It also occurs when a trademark acts or omissions that cause its identification to be lost.
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The first case is an actual renunciation and a subjective problem related to the actual intention of the owner.
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The second case is a legal renunciation that proceeds regardless of the owner's actual intention.
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Legal waiver occurs when the trademark owner does something forbidden or fails to do what it should do so that it can be objectively recognized as a waiver.
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In order to avoid abandonment, the trademark must be used with good faith in ordinary commercial transactions.
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Nominal use alone is not recognized as a use required by trademark law.
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In the case of abandonment of a trademark right, the trademark right does not lapse from that time, but takes effect upon registration of the abandonment of the trademark right.
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