Right to the Xxxx. (1) Subject to the provisions set forth below, ownership of a xxxx shall vest in the person who files it first. (2) No person may claim exclusive ownership of a xxxx by performing the acts specified in the provisions of this Annex unless he has filed it for registration in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Article 8 below. (3) Where a xxxx has been filed by a person who at the time of filing knew, or should have known that another person had a prior right to use the said xxxx, the latter may file a claim of ownership of the xxxx with the Organization, provided that he does so within six months following the publication of the record of the first filing. (4) The Organization shall rule on the priority claim after an inter partes proceeding provided for in the Regulations. (5) The use of a xxxx xxx only be proved by written or printed matter or documents contemporaneous with the facts that they seek to establish.
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Samples: Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization
Right to the Xxxx.
(1) Subject to the provisions set forth below, ownership of a xxxx shall vest in the person who files it first.
(2) No person may claim exclusive ownership of a xxxx by performing the acts specified in the provisions of this Annex unless he has filed it for registration in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Article 8 below.
(3) Where a xxxx has been filed by a person who at the time of filing knew, or should have known that another person had a prior right to use the said xxxx, the latter may file a claim of ownership of the xxxx with the Organization, provided that he does so within six months following the publication of the record of the first filing.
(4) The Organization shall rule on the priority claim after an inter partes proceeding provided for in the Regulations.
(5) The use of a xxxx xxx only be proved by written or printed matter or documents contemporaneous with the facts that they seek to establish.
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Samples: Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement
Right to the Xxxx.
(1) Subject to the provisions set forth below, ownership of a xxxx mark shall vest in the person who files it first.
(2) No person may claim exclusive ownership of a xxxx mark by performing the acts specified in the provisions of this Annex unless he has filed it for registration in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Article 8 below.
(3) Where a xxxx has been filed by a person who at the time of filing knew, or should have known that another person had a prior right to use the said xxxxmark, the latter may file a claim of ownership of the xxxx mark with the Organization, provided that he does so within six months following the publication of the record of the first filing.
(4) The Organization shall rule on the priority claim after an inter partes proceeding provided for in the Regulations.
(5) The use of a xxxx xxx only be proved by written or printed matter or documents contemporaneous with the facts that they seek to establish.
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Samples: Revising Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization
