Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 No. 119 of 1995 - SECT 29

29. (1) If:

   (a)  a person has made an application for the registration of a trade mark
        in one or more than one Convention country; and

   (b)  within 6 months after the day on which that application, or the first
        of those applications, was made, that person or another person
        (successor in title) of whom that person is a predecessor in title
        applies to the Registrar for the registration of the trade mark in
        respect of some or all of the goods and/or services in respect of
        which registration was sought in that country or those countries; that
        person or that person's successor in title may, when filing the
        application, or within the prescribed period after filing the
        application but before the application is accepted, claim a right of
        priority for the registration of the trade mark in respect of any or
        all of those goods and/or services in accordance with the regulations.

(2) The priority claimed is for the registration of the trade mark in respect
of the goods or services:

   (a)  if an application to register the trade mark was made in only one
        Convention country-from (and including) the day on which the
        application was made in that country; or

   (b)  if applications to register the trade mark were made in more than one
        Convention country-from (and including) the day on which the earliest
        of those applications was made.

(3) The regulations may provide for the filing of documents in support of a
notice claiming priority and, in particular, for the filing of certified
copies of any application for the registration of the trade mark made in a
Convention country. Note: For Convention country see section 225.