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Article 298: The application may contain a statement claiming priority for a prior national or
regional application introduced by the applicant or his successor in title. Should
this be the case, the Industrial Property Director shall require the applicant to
provide, within the period set, a true copy of the prior application certified by the
registration service with which it has been filed.
The term of priority shall be six months.
The filing of the application in Burundi before the expiration of the period
mentioned may not be invalidated by acts which occur in the meantime, inter
alia by another filing or by the use of the mark, and such acts shall not give rise
to any right for a third party or any personal possession.
In the event that the Industrial Property Director notes that the conditions set out
in this Article and in the relevant provisions of the regulations have not been
met, said statement shall be deemed not to have been submitted.
Article 299: The applicant may, at any time, withdraw his application or reduce the list of
goods or services covered in the application.