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TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 No. 119 of 1995 - SECT 29
Application for registration of trade mark whose registration has been sought in a Convention country-claim for priority
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.
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