Trademarks Ownership Part 2

There is a common misconception which suggest that registering a trademark grants the party a right of ownership. Technically this may be true but it is not the registration that grants ownership over a trademark but using a trademark does.

Registering the trademark is regarded as a presumption that implies a person who submitted the request for registration is the first to use such trademark. Nevertheless, that presumption can be rebutted by a third party proving that he/she was previously using the same trademark. UAE Trademarks law stipulates that "the ministry and whoever involved shall have the right to ask for judging with striking out the trademark which may be registered with no right and the ministry shall strike out the registration whenever a final judgment is presented to it in the executive form".