• Priority of adoption does not in itself confer the right to exclusive use of a mark if someone else was first to use it in commerce.
— Also termed priority of appropriation; priority of invention. Cf. priority of use.
• Priority of adoption does not in itself confer the right to exclusive use of a mark if someone else was first to use it in commerce.
— Also termed priority of appropriation; priority of invention. Cf. priority of use.