A right to priority may be transferred to another person, either with the application or independently. Thus, the owner of a foreign application may assign the right to file an application in the UK claiming priority from the foreign application to someone else. It is not necessary to transfer the foreign application as well. Priority may also be claimed from an application in a non-convention country. It may be one with which the UK has a reciprocal arrangement (eg Ecuador), or a territory for whose external relations the UK is responsible and which therefore lacks the capacity to sign the convention itself (eg Hong Kong). The right to claim priority in such a manner may be conferred by Order in Council. It may extend to a person who has filed an application for protection in: – one of the Channel Islands or a colony; or – a country or territory with which the UK has entered into a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement for the reciprocal protection of trademarks. The order may make provision corresponding to that made by s 35 relating to convention countries, or such other provision as Her Majesty may consider appropriate. An order will be made by statutory instrument: s 36(3) provides that this is to be subject to the negative resolution procedure. Registration procedure Examination

DOI link for A right to priority may be transferred to another person, either with the application or independently. Thus, the owner of a foreign application may assign the right to file an application in the UK claiming priority from the foreign application to someone else. It is not necessary to transfer the foreign application as well. Priority may also be claimed from an application in a non-convention country. It may be one with which the UK has a reciprocal arrangement (eg Ecuador), or a territory for whose external relations the UK is responsible and which therefore lacks the capacity to sign the convention itself (eg Hong Kong). The right to claim priority in such a manner may be conferred by Order in Council. It may extend to a person who has filed an application for protection in: – one of the Channel Islands or a colony; or – a country or territory with which the UK has entered into a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement for the reciprocal protection of trademarks. The order may make provision corresponding to that made by s 35 relating to convention countries, or such other provision as Her Majesty may consider appropriate. An order will be made by statutory instrument: s 36(3) provides that this is to be subject to the negative resolution procedure. Registration procedure Examination

A right to priority may be transferred to another person, either with the application or independently. Thus, the owner of a foreign application may assign the right to file an application in the UK claiming priority from the foreign application to someone else. It is not necessary to transfer the foreign application as well. Priority may also be claimed from an application in a non-convention country. It may be one with which the UK has a reciprocal arrangement (eg Ecuador), or a territory for whose external relations the UK is responsible and which therefore lacks the capacity to sign the convention itself (eg Hong Kong). The right to claim priority in such a manner may be conferred by Order in Council. It may extend to a person who has filed an application for protection in: – one of the Channel Islands or a colony; or – a country or territory with which the UK has entered into a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement for the reciprocal protection of trademarks. The order may make provision corresponding to that made by s 35 relating to convention countries, or such other provision as Her Majesty may consider appropriate. An order will be made by statutory instrument: s 36(3) provides that this is to be subject to the negative resolution procedure. Registration procedure Examination