Legal analysis: The so-called priority refers to the priority that a trademark registration applicant enjoys on its trademark registration on the application date.
Specifically, it means that if any person or his successor has formally filed an application for trademark registration in a country of the Union, within 6 months from the date of the first application, he shall, within 6 months from the date of the first application, apply for unification in other countries. Trademark registration applications enjoy priority.
Legal basis: "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 25 A trademark registration applicant shall file a trademark registration application for his or her trademark in a foreign country for the first time. Within six months from the date of filing, if another application for trademark registration is filed in China with the same trademark for the same goods, the foreign country may apply for trademark registration in accordance with the agreement signed by the foreign country with China or an international treaty that both countries are a party to, or in accordance with the principle of mutual recognition of priority. Have priority.
If you claim priority in accordance with the preceding paragraph, you must submit a written statement when filing an application for trademark registration, and submit a copy of the first trademark registration application document within three months; if you fail to submit a written statement Or if a copy of the trademark registration application document is not submitted within the time limit, it will be deemed that priority has not been claimed.
Article 26 If a trademark is used for the first time on goods exhibited at an international exhibition sponsored or recognized by the Chinese government, the registration of the trademark shall be within six months from the date of exhibition of the goods. Applicants may enjoy priority.
Those who claim priority in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall submit a written statement when applying for trademark registration, and within three months submit the name of the exhibition where their goods are exhibited and the use of the said trademark on the goods on display. Evidence of the trademark, date of exhibition and other supporting documents; if no written statement is made or supporting documents are not submitted within the time limit, priority will be deemed not to have been claimed.