8 Advertisement of an application Trademarks No. 2 (i) the use of that mark in relation to those goods or services would indicate a connection between those goods or services and the owner of the well known mark; and (ii) the interests of the owner of the well known mark are likely to be prejudiced by such use. 9.__(1) Where the Registrar accepts an application for registration of a trademark whether absolutely or subject to conditions or limitations, the Registrar shall, as soon as possible, after payment of the prescribed fee, advertise the application in the prescribed manner. (2) The advertisement referred to in subsection (1) shall specify all conditions or limitations subject to which the application is accepted. (3) The Registrar may direct that an application be advertised before acceptance where it appears to him that it is expedient to do so due to an exceptional circumstance, and where this is to be done, the Registrar may, if he considers appropriate, direct that the application be advertised again after it is accepted. Opposition to an application The Advertisement shall be made by notice in the Gazette journal end in one newspaper of under circulation 10.__(1)Any person may, within thirty days from the date of the advertisement of an application pursuant section 9, give notice to the Registrar of the person’s opposition to the registration of the trademark. (2) The notice of opposition shall be issued in the prescribed form and shall include a statement of the grounds of opposition. (3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice of opposition to the applicant and the applicant shall, within thirty days after receipt thereof, send to the Registrar, in the prescribed manner and time, a counter-statement stating the grounds on which he relies for his application. (4) Where the applicant, without good reason, fails to send the counter-statement to the Registrar within the prescribed time, the applicant shall be deemed to have abandoned the application. (5) If the applicant sends a counter-statement, the Registrar shall furnish a copy thereof to the person who gave notice of the opposition. (6) The Registrar shall call for a hearing of the parties to consider the evidence for and against registration of a mark as a trademark and decide whether, and subject to what conditions or limitations, if any, registration of the mark will be permitted.