Bad-faith registration of another’s mark

Where a person registers in their own name a mark belonging to another, knowing that the latter was using the said mark, the user of the mark may request the competent court to invalidate it, provided that the owner of the mark has made continuous use of the mark for at least one year before the date of the registration application filed by the infringer.

Note — Where a person was using a mark for at least one year before the mark was registered, the registration thereof by other persons does not bar the prior user from continuing to use the mark.