TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 73 Date and term of registration

TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 73

73.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the registration of a trade mark is taken to
have had effect from (and including) the filing date in respect of the
application for registration.

(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 for the registration under
        section 27; and

   (c)  the trade mark is registered under this Act; the registration of the
        trade mark 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.

(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: This is
so even for a trade mark whose registration has effect from (and including)
the day on which an application was made in a Convention country.