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3.3.2 Conflicting marks
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Where during the examination of an application filed with convention priority a conflicting mark is identified that has already been accepted the Office will revoke the acceptance of the earlier filed mark. The Office will only revoke the acceptance of the conflicting mark once it has been established that the priority claim is valid under Section 36 of the Trade Marks Act 2002.
For more information on revoking acceptance, see the Practice Guidelines on Acceptance and Registration.
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