1. Any person who registers a trademark in good faith shall acquire ownership therein. No dispute of a trademark shall be considered if the registration of the trademark combined with using it for at least five yearswithout the presence of a legal dispute thereon. 2. A person who claims prior use of a registered trademark may file an application to court for the cancellation of the registration within five years from the date of registration, unless the registered owner obtains express or implied permission from this person to use the mark. Article 8 An application for registration of a trademark shall be submitted by the owner or his delegate to the Competent Authority on the form prepared for this purpose in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the executive bylaw. Article 9 1. The trademark may be registered for one or more categories of the goods or services as determined by the executive bylaw. 2. Goods or services shall not be considered as similar to each other just for being listed in the same category, and shall not be considered as different from each other just for being listed in different categories of the same classification. Article 10 Where two or more persons apply simultaneously for registration of the same trademark, or of similar or identical trademarks for one category of products or services, all such applications shall be suspended until a waiver signed by the disputing parties and certified by the Competent Authority is submitted in favour of one applicant, or otherwise until a final ruling in the dispute is issued. Article 11 Where an applicant or his assignee seeks to benefit from the right of prior use based on a previous application made in a member state of multilateral international convention that a state of the GCC countries is a party, he shall enclose with his application a copy of the previous application and an acknowledgement indicating the date, number and country of the previous application within six months from the date of application for registration upon which he applies for the right of prior use. Failure to comply with this provision shall result in forfeiture of his claim. Article 12 1. The Competent Authority may impose restrictions or modifications to clarify the trademark in such a way as to prevent confusion with previously registered or deposited marks, or for any other reason at its discretion. 2. In case an applicant fails to respond to the Competent Authority within ninety days from the date of notification, he shall be deemed to have waived his application. 3. In case the Competent Authority may for any reason decline registration of the trademark, or impose restrictions or modifications, it shall notify the applicant or his delegate in writing. 4. In all cases, the Competent Authority shall decide on an application within ninety days from the date of its submission, provided that it satisfies the conditions prescribed by this Law and the executive bylaw thereof. Article 13