Part I Registered trade marks
Priority
36 Claim to priority from other relevant overseas application.
1
Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for conferring on a person who has duly filed an application for protection of a trade mark in—
a
any of the Channel Islands or a colony, or
b
a country or territory in relation to which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have entered into a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement for the reciprocal protection of trade marks,
a right to priority, for the purpose of registering the same trade mark under this Act for some or all of the same goods or services, for a specified period from the date of filing of that application.
2
An Order in Council under this section may make provision corresponding to that made by section 35 in relation to Convention countries or such other provision as appears to Her Majesty to be appropriate.
3
A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.