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Article 4

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Where the application for registration under the Act is made within the aforesaid period of six months—

(a)

the relevant date for the purpose of establishing which rights take precedence shall be the date of the filing of the application in the relevant country, and

(b)

the registrability of the trade mark shall not be affected by any use of the mark in the United Kingdom in the period between that date and the date of the application under the Act.