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§ 1141f.
Effect of filing a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States
(a)
Requirement for request for extension of protection
(b)
Effect of proper filing
Unless extension of protection is refused under section 1141h of this title, the proper filing of the request for extension of protection under subsection (a) shall constitute constructive use of the mark, conferring the same rights as those specified in section 1057(c) of this title, as of the earliest of the following:
(1)
The international registration date, if the request for extension of protection was filed in the international application.
(2)
The date of recordal of the request for extension of protection, if the request for extension of protection was made after the international registration date.
(3)
The date of priority claimed pursuant to section 1141g of this title.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 66, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1916.)
cite as: 15 USC 1141f