Section 48-509 - CANCELLATIONThe secretary of state shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part:
(1) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request for cancellation from the registrant or the assignee of record;(2) All registrations granted under this act and not renewed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;(3) Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find that:(a) The registered mark has been abandoned;(b) The registrant is not the owner of the mark;(c) The registration was granted improperly;(d) The registration was obtained fraudulently;(e) The mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it was registered;(f) The registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in this state prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; or(4) When a court of competent jurisdiction orders cancellation of a registration on any ground.[48-509, added 1996, ch. 404, sec. 2, p. 1342.]