A subsequent application for a trade mark which was the subject of a previous first application in respect of the same goods or services and which is filed in or in respect of the same State shall be considered as the first application for the purposes of determining priority, provided that, at the date of filing of the subsequent application, the previous application has been withdrawn, abandoned or refused, without being open to public inspection and without leaving any rights outstanding, and has not served as a basis for claiming a right of priority.
Measfar iarratas ina dhiaidh sin ar thrádmharc a bhí faoi réir cead-iarratais roimhe sin i ndáil leis na hearraí nó seirbhísí céanna agus a comhdaíodh sa Stát céanna, nó i ndáil leis, measfar é mar an chéad iarratas chun críocha tosaíocht a chinneadh, ar choinníoll go bhfuil an t-iarratas roimhe sin, ar dháta comhdaithe an iarratais ina dhiaidh sin, tarraingthe siar, tugtha suas nó diúltaithe, gan a bheith oscailte d'iniúchadh an phobail agus gan aon cheart a bheith ag teacht as, agus nach raibh ina bhonn le ceart tosaíochta a éileamh.