Laws
This Law shall govern relations concerning the registration, legal protection and use of trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin.
Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin (in force until July 1, 2010)
Chapter 10: Termination of Legal Protection of an Appellation
Article 43. Recognition of Registration of an Appellation and of the Certificate for the Right to Use the Appellation as Invalid(1) The registration of an appellation may be recognized as invalid, if it is made in violation of the requirements established by this Law.
(2) A certificate may be recognized as invalid, if it is issued in violation of the requirements established by this Law.
(3) Any person may submit to the Board of Appeal or courts an appeal against the registration of an appellation and the issue of a certificate for the right to use the appellation on the grounds stated in Articles 30, 31 and 35 of this Law. The Board of Appeal shall examine the appeal in accordance with the procedure approved by the Authorized Body.
(4) The decision of the Board of Appeal may be challenged in the courts within six months of the day on which it is received.
Article 44. Recognition of the Lapse of Registration of an Appellation and Validity of a Certificate for the Right to Use the Appellation
(1) The Authorized Body shall recognize the validity of the registration of an appellation as having lapsed, if
(a) the registration of the appellation is recognized as invalid in accordance with Article 43 of this Law;
(b) the conditions which are typical of the geographical location in question have ceased to exist and the good can no longer be produced with the features indicated in the State Register. The registration of an appellation in the name of individual manufacturers living outside the Republic of Armenia and of foreign legal persons shall, apart from on the grounds stated, be recognized as having lapsed also where the rights to use the appellation in question in the country in which the good is produced have been lost by the persons concerned.
(2) The Authorized Body shall recognize a certificate for an appellation as having lapsed, if
(a) the certificate is recognized as invalid in accordance with Article 43 of this Law;
(b) the good has lost the special features indicated in the Register;
(c) the validity of the registration of an appellation is recognized as having lapsed in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article;
(d) the certificate holder has gone into liquidation;
(e) the certificate holder has submitted a request to the Authorized Body for the certificate to be withdrawn.
