Article 1494: Preference of the trademark

1. The priority of the trademark shall be established on the date of application for the trademark to the federal intellectual property authority. 2. Priority of the trademark on the application submitted by the applicant in accordance with article 1502, paragraph 2, of the present Code (nominated) on the basis of another application by that applicant for the same designation (initial application), shall be established on the date on which the initial application was submitted to the Federal Executive on Intellectual Property and, if there is a right of earlier priority on the initial application, on the date of the application If, at the date of submission of the allocated application, the initial application has not been withdrawn or withdrawn and the allocated application has not been withdrawn before a decision on the original application has been taken.