Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 No. 119 of 1995 - SECT 72

72. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the registration of a trade mark in respect
of the goods and/or services in respect of which the trade mark is registered
is taken to have had effect from (and including) the filing date in respect of
the application for registration. Note: For filing date see section 6.

(2) If:

   (a)  the application was in respect of a trade mark whose registration had
        also been sought in one or more than one Convention country; and

   (b)  the applicant claimed a right of priority under section 29 for the
        registration of the trade mark in respect of particular goods or
        services; and

   (c)  the trade mark is registered under this Act; the registration of the
        trade mark in respect of those goods or services is taken to have had
        effect:

   (d)  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

   (e)  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. Note: For Convention country see
        section 225.

(3) Unless it is earlier cancelled, or the trade mark is earlier removed from
the Register, the registration of the trade mark expires 10 years after the
filing date in respect of the application for its registration. Note 1: This
is so even for a trade mark whose registration in respect of particular goods
or services has effect from (and including) the day on which an application
was made in a Convention country. Note 2: For filing date see section 6.