(1) Subject to subsection (2), the registration of a trade mark in respect of the goods or services or both in respect of which the trade mark is registered is taken to have had effect from and including the filing date in respect of the application for registration.
(2) If—
(a) an application for registration was in respect of a trade mark whose registration had also been sought in one or more than one Convention country;
(b) the applicant claimed a right of priority under section 13 for the registration of the trade mark in respect of particular goods or services; and
(c) the trade mark is registered under this Act,
the registration of the trade mark in respect of those goods or services is taken to have had effect if, an application to register the trade mark was made in only one Convention country from and including the day on which the application was made in that country, or if applications to register the trade mark were made in more than one Convention country from and including the day on which the earliest of those applications were made.
(3) Unless it is earlier cancelled, or the trade mark is earlier removed from the Register, the registration of a trade mark expires 10 years after the filing date in respect of the application for its registration.