Requirement of Use. A. Each Party shall require the use of a trademark to maintain a registration. The registration may be canceled only after an uninterrupted period-of at least two years of nonuse, unless legitimate reasons for non-use exist. Use of the trademark, where such use is subject to the owner's control, shall be recognized as use of the trademark for the purpose of maintaining the registration.
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Requirement of Use. A. Each 1. If use is required by a Party shall require to maintain the use registration of a trademark to maintain a registration. The trademark, the registration may be canceled cancelled only after an uninterrupted period-period of at least two three years of nonusenon-use, unless legitimate valid reasons for non-based on the existence of obstacles to such use existare shown by the trademark owner. Use Circumstances arising independently of the will of the owner of the trademark which constitute an obstacle to the use of the trademark, where such use is subject to as import restrictions on or other government requirements for goods or services protected by the owner's controltrademark, shall be recognized as use of the trademark valid reasons for the purpose of maintaining the registrationnon-use.
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Requirement of Use. A. (a) Each Party shall require the use of a trademark to maintain a registration. The registration may be canceled only after an uninterrupted period-period of at least two years of nonusenon-use, unless legitimate reasons for non-use exist. Use of the trademark, where such use is subject to the owner's control, shall be recognized as use of the trademark for the purpose of maintaining the registration.
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