The Minister shall issue the necessary resolutions for implementation of the provisions of the Law attached hereto. Pending issuance of such resolutions, currently applicable resolutions shall prevail, as long as they do not contradict the provisions therein. Article 4 - ‫ﺇﺻﺩﺍﺭ‬ The Law of Trademarks in the GCC Countries promulgated by Law No. 18 of 2007, referred to above, and each provision that violates the provisions of the Law (Regulation) attached hereto shall be repealed. Article 5 - ‫ﺇﺻﺩﺍﺭ‬ All competent authorities, each within their respective jurisdiction, shall enforce this Law which shall come into force six months after ratification of the executive bylaw of the Law (Regulation) attached hereto by the Commercial Cooperation Committee and shall be published in Official Gazette. Part 1: Definitions Article 1 In implementing the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned thereto, unless the context requires otherwise: “GCC countries” means the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States. “The Competent Authority” means the competent ministry in each of the GCC countries responsible for trade affairs and in charge of implementing this Law. “The Minister” means the minister concerned in application of the provisions of this Law. “Executive Bylaw” means the bylaw established by the Committee of Commercial Cooperation for the implementation of this Law. “Register” means the Trademarks Register. Article 2 A trademark: shall mean everything that takes a distinctive form such as names, words, signatures, characters, semiotics and codes, numbers, titles, seals, drawings, images, pictures or graphics, inscriptions, packaging, figurative elements, shapes or colour, colours or combinations thereof, smell, sound, movement or any combination thereof, or any other sign or group of signs used or intended to be used to distinguish goods or services of one business from the goods or services of another business. Part 2: Procedures Chapter one: Registration Procedures of Trademarks Article 3