Episode 3 of 4
Creation of Priority Right
- When
- 20 March 1883
- Where
- Paris, France
Article 4 established the Convention priority right, allowing applicants to preserve filing dates across borders.
The priority right allows applicants to use their first filing date in one contracting state as the effective date in another. Subsequent applications must be filed within 6 months for designs and trademarks, or 12 months for patents and utility models.
Sources
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-24
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