TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 27 Application for registration of trade mark whose registration has been sought in a Convention country-claim for priority

TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 27

27.(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 that person's
        successor in title applies to the Registrar for the registration of
        the trade mark; the person or the 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 application in accordance with the
        regulations.

(2) 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.