priority of use

Trademarks. Priority in using a mark in actual commerce.

• The priority of use, not the priority of adoption, determines who has the right to protection. Cf. priority of adoption. [Cases: Trade Regulation 66. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 29–30.]

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