Schedule 2A, Part 3, paragraph 25(2)

Where an application for registration referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is made within a period beginning with IP completion day and ending with the end of the relevant period— the relevant date for the purposes of establishing which rights take precedence is the earliest of— the filing date accorded pursuant to Article 32 to the existing EUTM application; the date of priority (if any) accorded pursuant to a right of priority claimed pursuant to Article 35 in respect of the existing EUTM application; and the registrability of the trade mark shall not be affected by any use of the mark in the United Kingdom which commenced in the period between the date referred to in paragraph (a) and the date of the application under this Act.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04