No. 2 9 Trademarks (7) The Registrar shall make a decision regarding the opposition to registration of a trademark within thirty days from the date of conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to subsection (6). 11.__(1) When the Registrar accepts an application for registration of a trademark and either(a) the application has not been opposed and the time for notice of opposition has expired; or (b) the application has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant, the Registrar shall, unless the Tribunal otherwise directs, register the trademark, and the registration shall be with effect from the date of filling the application for registration which shall be deemed to be the date of registration. Registration of a trademark (2) The Registrar shall, on the registration of a trademark and upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the applicant, a certificate of registration in the prescribed form, and under the seal of the Trademarks Office. (3) Where the applicant fails to complete registration processes of a trademark within twelve months from the date of the application, the Registrar shall treat the application as abandoned. 12.__(1) On registration of a mark as a trademark, an owner of the registered trademark shall have the exclusive right to use the trademark in respect of the goods or services for which the trademark was registered. (2) The rights of the owner shall be effective from the date of filing of the application for registration. 13.__(1) A registered trademark shall not be infringed by the use of another registered trademark in relation to goods or services for which the latter is registered following honest concurrent use of the previously registered trademark for a period of five years during which the owner of the rights in the registered trademark has had knowledge of such use by the latter. (2) The following acts shall not constitute infringement of a trademark__ (a) the use of the trademark by a person in his own name or address, the name of his place of business, the name of any of his predecessors in business, or the name of any such predecessor’s place of business; (b) the use of the trademark where it is necessary to indicate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical Rights conferred by registration Infringement of a trademark