In our April 1995 Newsletter (N.S. 185), our November 1995 Newsletter (N.S. 186), our August 1996 Newsletter (N.S. 187) and our July 1997 Newsletter (N.S. 188), we reported the execution of agreements between Taiwan and certain countries permitting priority claims to be made in Taiwan for intellectual property rights owned by nationals of such countries. A similar agreement has now been reached between the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (European Community Trademark Office) and the National Bureau of Standards, whereby applicants for Community Trademarks may claim priority rights in Taiwan for trademarks, service marks and collective marks, provided the application in Taiwan is filed within six months from the date of filing of the Community Trademark application.