{"data":{"id":"us-de/6-del.-c.-3309","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"6 Del. C. § 3309","heading":"Cancellation.","body":"The Secretary of State shall cancel from the register:\n(1) After 1 year from the effective date of this chapter, all registrations under prior acts which are more than 10 years old, and not renewed in accordance with this chapter;\n(2) Any registration concerning which the Secretary of State shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record;\n(3) All registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with this chapter;\n(4) Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find:\na. That the registered mark has been abandoned;\nb. That the registrant is not the owner of the mark;\nc. That the registration was granted improperly;\nd. That the registration was obtained fraudulently; or\ne. That the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent Office, prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; provided, however, that should the registrant prove ownership of a concurrent registration of the mark in the United States Patent Office covering an area including this State, the registration hereunder shall not be canceled; or\n(5) When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.","path":["Title 6. Commerce and Trade","SUBTITLE II","Other Laws Relating to Commerce and Trade","CHAPTER 33. Trademarks, Brands and Labels"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c033/index.html#3309","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:07Z","sha256":"554aa8b7899b05dfd5cd82a26c57f3eee6cfbb42fb50cbcaf90e35f55e37890d","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/6-del.-c.-3308","next":"us-de/6-del.-c.-3310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}