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Trade Marks Journal No. 013/2012
Page No. xv
Validity of Priority Claims
Under Section 10 of the Trade Marks Act 1999, a person may claim a right of priority for the
registration of a trade mark from the date on which a corresponding application was filed in
a "Convention country" ("Convention application") if the application for the registration of the
trade mark is filed within 6 months after the date on which the Convention application is
made. A "Convention country" refers to a country or territory, other than Singapore, which is
a party to the Paris Convention or a member of the World Trade Organisation. For the
purpose of assessing the validity of a priority claim, IPOS will assess whether the
"Convention application" was filed in a relevant country which has already become a
Convention country as at the date of the filing of the Convention application in the
Convention country.
For example,
Trademark application filed in country A on 3 Oct 2001.
Country A became a member of the Paris Convention or WTO on 2 Jan 2002.
Trademark application filed in SG = 3 Feb 2002 (claims priority of earlier application in
country A).
Question: Is the claim to priority (application filed in country A) in the Singapore
application valid?
Answer: No
2004 Circulars
(Application to Register a Change in Ownership (TM 22), Circular No. 13/2004, dated
18 June 2004. This circular is replaced by Circular No. 3/2008, dated 1 February 2008)
(Application to Register a Licensee (TM 37), Circular No. 13/2004, dated 18 June 2004.
This circular is replaced by Circular No. 24/2007, dated 29 June 2007)
(Marks published for opposition purposes, Circular No. 16/2004, dated 2 July 2004.
This circular is replaced by Circular No. 8/2009, dated 3 July 2009).
Applications for registration of sound marks (Circular No. 25/2004, dated 17 December
2004)
To assist the Registrar in the examination of applications for registration of sound marks,
the Registrar may request the applicant to submit 2 copies of a CD-ROM recording of the
sound mark sought for registration.