'Iy.' tit,!!!.'I:'; rl ,,-".(.,A :)(.,), :)/,.(110/I'1'r:~;i:/; 1'1'1, iJi ""J l'ii.'f:i;'.: ~9" 1.',.nJ:.r (t-,: (1".u """1.' ')(),fI """1.' /'fil OUI~'I.r r.,. I. (1a" 1 1'7ouA h:J= "'1'."""(1" fl"ou1J": ou-,-o" (1""9"?:.~ .C6"'1-fI/.r _~'I.nl 1I)~9" (16'. "1t.~ fl. I." 'I,,"J- ,~Il.nl ,£lI)OJ-:J>A:: rou-flr ou-,-o" ru'/. O"i OJ- 9"11 1'10J-1 rou(ll.", 0J-1)'I. (1on 111'(1 h(l~(. (1:\" ~lr,.,.A:: 0?;-. """'9" "'"f1 "til .'. ,,~ .fA'P"- f1'7.f: federal NegarilGazelaNo 37 7'"July. 200(, Pa~e 3457 3/ The Office upon receiving the application submitted pursuant to Sub-Article (I) of this Article shall cause the publication of such renunciation in an intellectual property gazettc or a newspaper havIng natIonwide circulation. Renunciation shall be eOcctive only after the decision for cancellation has been entercd into the register. 9"Ah S. Cancellation of trademark for Non use fI"ou(lt."" "l.1',f. ru'l on"h"-o" "n~oJ-9" r1",.f: 9"Ah": """'9" 1'7"-} 9"111'10" "'1',.(11.'" (11.'II-ti: ".,£lOU"h')~ ..f"A: (10" ,for ,,~ "A 'P"9' "~-ilt/..-} (t-,: 1/ Any interested pe!son I?ay sub~it a:requ:st in writing the cancellation of the registration of a trademark to the Office on the ground that the trademark has not been in use. . .2! A trademark shall be considered of non use, where it is proved that the trademark has not, without legitimate reason, been used in Ethiopia during a continuous period of at least three years preceding the date of the request for the cancellation of the trademark, by the registered owner or a licensee in respect of any of the goods or services for which it was registered. itl "'.f.- r1",.f: ""At,-} "...,."" ,,~ "Alf"'9" ru'/.'JI\OJ- r(l(.11 ". .£lcflOJ- h.,. (.(1(1,)- .,.-) (16""'- (1..£I')fI 1\"-h;1-:1- ~ 'l'fI"'~on :1-r r'I-onfl1(10Jr""Ah-': '11\(t0)0)~9" ~_cJo I: "-""1f. r1",.f.9"Ah":') 1\-,-on"1 (1'1:,:0J- /J:1""I"')" IIJ~9" "1A ",I\..,Y-..f YI\ (1"'- 9"h1.£I'} (11\.rf-A- Y OJ-fl". "1A'" 1\..,)- ,,~ .£I"'fI\OJ- onlr.,- (I_(..~1'" .,0J-; r/ 1.',,"t~.')- (t-,: 9"111'1(1J-1 r,.I'/_(lC"OJ- rul.U I "')"'Y\' ')()-fI "')"'~lit/ r"-m"'(I.r U"I.:}-'"I'..f r"-O).I\- onlf"i:':,JJ-') 1\,£I(..~'7'" .,OJ-:: r')",.f.9"At,'I: '11\(t-} ""Ah-': "'fA "'1\..0)- ,,~ ,£IA 'P1\(lJ- h,,-on"1(1.r /J:P'"I'..f IIJ~"" "1A"'I\...Y-..f ontjhA (1"-II)(I.,--} ,,~ -fI:J= onlf.,.1 I\Y~.~""" 1.'U~-"(t..,: r1",1: 9"Ah":1 (1h/.,A ~(lCIIA : 3/ The Office shall cancel the registration of the trademark upon ascertaining the fulfillment of the conditions specified under Sub-Article (2) of this Article. Where the owner can prove the non-use of the trademark only for some of the registered goods, the Office shall make partial cancellation. - !il '11\(1.-1: 0)~9" ~..'" I: h-':') ,£lA-'-m.,.onOJh .£1.,~ 9",,') onlf ., .') 4/ The registrat!on may not be cancelled when the owner or a lIcensee proves that t~e non-use of the trademark was due to force maluere. ~ "-""1f. r')",.f.- 9"A h"""9" (1"~ (1lf., t It...0 l1\ " .(.,-, .I' "fl1 'I'(,~ "J',(lI- 1'9'); 1: ~I " ")1:) ..-5/ r11.f: 9"Ahr rWJl\r.)'1tJC~ (1lI7~'" ~C w'AttWJm""") r')"'1: "UD(I~ 11 9')h') .£lr "~lf')9'):: 01. r1'7.f: 'fi/ 9"Ahr 9"""1'11 ~~.., l'71~0J-9". ru'!.uol\h-'-(lJ(1u'/_,£I"'C(10J- ". ,£lcfl II)~9" r., onfl1(1(1;"1 11-'l.:}- (1"-l\f 9')A h-': ') ~I\DJ.f:t. '7 (I(lJ- (1Y\',.h.fi: (1Y\'I"'t~r (t-,: -'-"I)~.,r r1u,.f.9')Ah..,. ,~)fl1{1 rul.u "'P,~ r-'-m"'(I-r1 ll-'l.:1-'"I"f hOUIPt.-,: ,£1"0)." onlr.,(l.~.~1'" ~t- 7i I\_f.~'" ~ ..f"A; The use of a trademark in a form differing in elements, which do not alter its distinctive character in which it was registered, shall not be a ground for cancellation of the trademark. " 6- Invalidation of Registration 1/ The registration invalidated, by of a trademark may be a written request of any interested person or by the initiative of the .Office itself, when it is proved not to have initially fulfilled the conditions laid down under this Proclamation,