Defensive Trademark Registrations and the Risk of Cancellation: The TikTok Non-Use Decision in Perspective

Introduction In recent years, trademark owners especially large corporations and online companies have increasingly shown reliance on defensive trademark registration as a means to secure their possible future commercial interests. These trademark registrations are usually done not with the intention to utilize them commercially in the near future, but to reserve the right to prevent other individuals or companies from using similar trademarks defensively, it becomes a serious legal issue...