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2.21.1 Introduction

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The Act provides for the making of Convention applications. These provisions derive from Australia being a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (usually referred to as the Paris Union or Paris Convention).

The effect of the Convention is to recognise and maintain an applicant's right to an application made in a Convention country if other applications for the same invention are made in other countries within 12 months.

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