There is a right of priority, and the application date of the first application filed in any country is the date used in determining priority.
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Brunswick and L�beck were rivals for his services; the former won by right of priority, and he entered Brunswick on July 25, 1553.
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Shepherd then most humbly begs the Governor to make inquiry or investigation as such will prove that Shepherd has the " " right of priority " ".
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In order to realize these rights members of national minorities have right of priority in employment when they explicitly invoke that right in application and when they equally as other candidates meet all other criteria.
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:" The right of priority shall have the effect that the date of priority shall count as the date of filing of the European patent application for the purposes of Article 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, and Article 60, paragraph 2 ."
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Adhering to Article 4 of the Paris Convention, the Chinese government passed the " Provisional Regulations Governing Application for Priority Registration of Trademarks in China " to grant the right of priority to trademark applications submitted in PRC by the nationals of the Paris Convention member countries.
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The " basic purpose [ of the right of priority ] is to safeguard, for a limited period, the interests of a patent applicant in his endeavour to obtain international protection for his invention, thereby alleviating the negative consequences of the principle of territoriality in patent law ."
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For instance, for the European Patent Office as designated Office, the old Rule 4.10 ( a ) still applied until December 12, 2007, that is, rights of priority of first applications made in a WTO member not party to the Paris Convention were not recognised.
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Now and more specifically for European patent applications filed on or after December 13, 2007 ( the entry into force of the new version of the European Patent Convention, the so-called EPC 2000 ), the rights of priority of first applications made in a WTO member are recognized under the European Patent Convention.