The proprietor of an EU trade mark who is the proprietor of an earlier identical trade mark registered in a Member State, including a trade mark registered in the Benelux countries or of an earlier identical trade mark, with an international registration effective in a Member State, for goods or services which are identical to those for which the earlier trade mark has been registered, or contained within them, may claim the seniority of the earlier trade mark in respect of the Member State in or for which it was registered.
Féadfaidh dílseánach trádmhairc de chuid AE ar dílseánach trádmhairc comhionann is túisce a cláraíodh i mBallstát é, trádmharc a cláraíodh i dtíortha Benelux san áireamh, nó ar dlíseáanach trádmhairc comhionanann is túisce é, ar trádmharc a bhfuil clárú aige a bhfuil éifeacht i mBallstát é, le haghaidh earraí nó seirbhísí atá comhionann leo siúd ar cláraíodh an trádmharc is túisce ina leith, nó atá mar chuid díobh, féadfaidh sé sinsearacht an trádmhairc is túisce a éileamh i ndáil leis an mBallstát inar cláraíodh é nó lenar cláraíodh é.