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How does the timeline of previous approvals affect one's ability to register a trademark?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

Registration timelines of your trademark applications in other jurisdictions do not have an effect on your current application. An approval or refusal in one country has no bearing on the processing speed or outcome in any other.

However, the one limited benefit of an earlier registration in another country is the Paris Convention priority. With this priority, if you file in a second jurisdiction within six months of the original filing date, you can claim the earlier date in the new application. This affects priority rights relative to later applicants but does not speed up examination.

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