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=== Convention priority right === The "Paris Convention priority right", also called "Convention priority right" or "Union priority right", is a "priority right" under a multilateral arrangement, defined by Article 4 of the [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]] of 1883. The Convention priority right is probably the most widely known priority right. It is defined by its Article 4 A.(1): {{cquote|Any person who has duly filed an application for a patent, or for the registration of a utility model, or of an industrial design, or of a trademark, in one of the countries of the Union, or his successor in title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing in the other countries, a right of priority during the periods hereinafter fixed.<ref name ="ART4PC">[https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/288514#P83_6610 Article 4 Paris Convention]</ref> }} Article 4 B. of the Paris Convention describes the effects of the priority right: {{cquote|Consequently, any subsequent filing in any of the other countries of the Union before the expiration of the periods referred to above shall not be invalidated by reason of any acts accomplished in the interval, in particular, another filing, the publication or exploitation of the invention, the putting on sale of copies of the design, or the use of the mark, and such acts cannot give rise to any third–party right or any right of personal possession.<ref name ="ART4PC"/> }} Article 2 paragraph 1 of the [[World Trade Organization|WTO]] [[Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights]] (TRIPs Agreement) in conjunction with the Paris Convention provides a "derived" Convention priority right.<ref>[http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips_03_e.htm Article 27 TRIPs Agreement]</ref> That is, while WTO members need not ratify the Paris Convention, they should however comply with Articles 1 through 12, and Article 19, of the Paris Convention.{{efn|For a comparative list of the States party to the Paris Convention and the members of the WTO, see for instance [https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/paris_wto_pct.html States Party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the World Trade Organization on the WIPO web site]}}
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