The Trade Marks (Claims to Priority from Relevant Countries) (Amendment) Order 1995
The Trade Marks (Claims to Priority from Relevant Countries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2803) specified two countries, Hong Kong and Ecuador, in the Schedule thereto as relevant countries, pursuant to section 36 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“the Act”), in which an application for registration of a trade mark conferred priority in respect of an application for the registration of a trade mark in the United Kingdom. The period within which the claim to priority must be made is six months from the date of filing of the application in the relevant country.