If a person who has applied for registration of an Industrial Design in any country that is a party to the Paris Convention or is a member of the World Trade Organization or its successor in title submits an application for registration of the same Industrial Design as those registered in the Member Country to the Department within six (6) months of the date of submission of the first such application in the Member Country, it shall be entitled to a Right of Priority from the date of the first such application, as the date of application.
If a person submits an application to the Department for registration of an Industrial Design displayed at an international trade fair organized or recognized by the relevant government of any member country to the Paris Convention or a member of the World Trade Organization within six (6) months of the date of displaying such Industrial Design at said international trade fair, it shall be entitled to an exhibition priority right from the date of first display as the date of application.
The exhibition priority right shall not exceed the period of time during which the Right of Priority is granted from the date of application under Section 39.
