15 USC § 1141g - Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1141g"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1141g - Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1141g"
section_name: "Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "TRADEMARKS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "THE MADRID PROTOCOL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 67, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1917.)"
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# § 1141g. Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States

The holder of an international registration with a request for an extension of protection to the United States shall be entitled to claim a date of priority based on a right of priority within the meaning of Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property if—

**(1)** the request for extension of protection contains a claim of priority; and

**(2)** the date of international registration or the date of the recordal of the request for extension of protection to the United States is not later than 6 months after the date of the first regular national filing (within the meaning of Article 4(A)(3) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property) or a subsequent application (within the meaning of Article 4(C)(4) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property).

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 67, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1917.)