Paper Tissue Factory Brand Recovery

Our client discovered that the trademark of his paper tissue factory — used for years — had been registered by another party in bad faith. The factory faced the risk of production stoppage and losing cumulative market-building investment.

We filed an opposition supported by evidence of prior use (invoices, distribution contracts, marketing materials going back years). We documented the bad faith of the second registrant through circumstantial evidence and prior correspondence between the parties.

A decision was issued canceling the second registration and recovering full rights for our client, with the mark officially re-registered under his name within 4 months of opening the file.