Three principles of the Paris Convention

Legal analysis: 1, the principle of national treatment. In the protection of industrial property rights, each member of the convention must legally give other members of the convention the same treatment as their nationals; Even if he is a national of a non-member country, as long as he has a domicile or a real and effective industrial and commercial office in a member country of the convention, he should be treated equally with the nationals of that country.

2. The principle of priority. According to the Paris Convention, any trademark applied for registration in a contracting state can enjoy priority within six months from the date of the first application, that is, if the applicant files the same application with other member States within the six-month priority period, the date of subsequent application can be regarded as the date of the first application.

3. The principle of independence. The conditions for applying for and registering a trademark are determined by the laws of each member state and are independent.

Legal basis: Article 29 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Where an applicant files a patent application for an invention or utility model in China within 12 months from the date when he first filed a patent application with a foreign country, or within 6 months from the date when he first filed an application for a patent for a design with a foreign country, he may enjoy the priority according to the agreement signed between the foreign country and China or the international treaties to which he is a party, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Applicants who file a patent application for invention or utility model for the first time in China within 12 months, or apply for a patent for design for the first time in China within 6 months may enjoy priority.