(a) The commissioner shall cancel in whole or in part
- (1) a registration for which the commissioner receives a voluntary written request for cancellation from the registrant or the assignee of record;
- (2) each registration that expires and is not renewed under AS 45.50.070 and 45.50.090;
(3) a registration found by a court to be
- (A) abandoned;
- (B) not owned by the registrant;
- (C) granted improperly;
- (D) obtained fraudulently;
- (E) so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, before the date of filing of the application for registration by the registrant under AS 45.50.010 — 45.50.205, and not abandoned; however, if the registrant proves that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of the mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including this state, the registration may not be canceled; or
- (F) the generic name for all or a portion of the goods or services for which the mark has been registered;
- (4) when a court orders cancellation of a registration on any ground.