LAWS
Constitution
of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1952 (1952)
IP LAWS
Law
No. 23 of 2014 Amending Copyright Protection Law (2014).
Law No. 15 of
2008 Amending the Trademarks Law (2008).
Law No. 29 of
2007 Amending Trademarks Law (2007).
Law No. 28 of 2007
Amending the Patents Law (2007).
Law No. 9 of
2006 on Trade Names (2006).
Law No. 22 of
1992 on Copyright and its Amendments up to 2005 (2005).
Temporary Law
No. 71 of 2001 Amending the Patent Law (2001).
Law No. 24 of
2000 on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (2000).
Law No. 14 of
2000 on Industrial Designs and Models (2000).
Law No. 15 of
2000 on Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets (2000).
Law No. 10 of
2000 on the Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits (2000).
Law No. 8 of
2000 on Geographical Indications (2000).
Law No. 34 of
1999 Amending the Trademarks Law (1999).
Law No. 32 of
1999 on Patents (1999).
Law No. 19 of
1953 on Marks of Goods with its Amendments (1953).
Law No. 33 of
1952 on Trademarks (1952).
RULES AND REGULATION
Regulation
No. 22 of 2010 Amending the Trademark Rules (2010).
Regulation No.
128 of 2009 Amending the Regulation on Trademarks (2009).
Regulation No.
65 of 2007 Amending the Regulation on Trade Names (2007).
Order on Trade
Names of 2006 (2006).
Regulation No.
116 of 2004 on Trade Names (2004).
Regulation No.
63 of 2004, as amended, on the Clearance and Control of Audiovisual Works
(2004).
Regulation No.
93 of 2002 on the Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits (2002).
Regulation No.
76 of 2002 on Registration of the New Plant Varieties (2002).
Regulation No.
52 of 2002 on Industrial Designs and Models (2002).
Regulation No.
36 of 2002 on Traditional and Popular Crafts and Industries and their Trading
(2002).
Regulation No.
97 of 2001 on Patents (2001).
Regulations No.
37 of 2000 Amending the Trademark Rules (2000).
Regulations No.
7 of the Year 2000 on Border Measures for the Protection of Intellectual
Property rights (2000).
By-Law No. 4
for the year 1994 on the Deposit of Compilations (1994).
Trademarks
Rules No. 1 of 1952 (1952).
Treaties
Beijing
Treaty on Audiovisual Performances …
Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,
Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled …
Budapest Treaty
on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the
Purposes of Patent Procedure (November 14, 2008).
Nice Agreement
Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the
Purposes of the Registration of Marks (November 14, 2008).
Vienna
Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative
Elements of Marks (November 14, 2008).
WIPO
Performances and Phonograms Treaty (May 24, 2004).
WIPO Copyright
Treaty (April 27, 2004).
Berne
Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 28, 1999).
Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 17, 1972).
Convention
Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (July 12, 1972).
Industrial
Property Protection Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Trade
P.O.
Box 2019, 11181 Amman, Jordan
Tel +
962 65 62 90 30
Fax +
962 65 68 23 31
www.mit.gov.jo
P.O.
Box 2019
Jordan
is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
since July 17, 1972. The implementation of the International Classification of
Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks under the Nice
Agreement (Nice Classification) has been officially adopted in Jordan by
November 14, 2008.
Once a trademark application is filed it is examined by the Trademark office within 45-days from filing date against prior applications and registrations. If no prior rights are available, an official filing receipt (primary Approval) will be issued and a filing number will be granted; otherwise, the Trademark Office might request modifications or clarifications.
Law No. 34 for 1999 (Amendment of Trademark Law)
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Registration validity: 10-years.
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Renewal Duration: 10-years.
Trademark Requirements:
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A Power of Attorney duly Notarized and Legalized
up to the Jordanian Consulate.
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A Certified copy of the priority document (in
case priority is to be claimed).
It
is permitted to file trademark application(s) and obtain official filing
receipt(s) with temporary filing number(s) which will be final upon acceptance
and fixed filing date(s) without the legalized power of attorney which can be
submitted within a grace period of 3-months calculated from filing date which
also not applied strictly; however when an application is examined where the
legalized power of attorney is not submitted the trademarks examiner will issue
an office action requesting the legalized power of attorney and giving another
grace period of 1-month to submit the same which can be extended for 3-times of
a month each. Document 2 should be filed within 3-months from filing date.
Time Frame:
The
expected time frame from filing a trademark application up to registration, in
the normal course of action; is approximately from 12 to 14 months.
Classification:
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The International Classification of Goods and
Services (10th Edition) is followed.
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A separate application is required for each
class.
Renewal Requirements:
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A Power of attorney duly notarized and
legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate
Please
be advised that the POA should be submitted with the renewal application on the
time of payment of the renewal fees.
Validity:
Trademark
registrations are valid for 10 years calculated from filing date or from
priority date if priority is claimed, and are renewable for like periods. There
is a grace period of 1-year for late renewals without payment of a surcharge.
Conducting a trademark Search:
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An official search may be conducted for word
marks and devices.
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It takes approximately 4 working days for the
results to be available. A separate application is required for search in each
class. The search report discloses similar and/or identical trademarks.
Recordal of Assignment Requirements:
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A Power of attorney from the assignee,
legalized; and deed of assignment, legalized;
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both parties should submit a certified copy of
their Company’s Commercial Register;
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Arabic translation of all non-Arabic documents
certified by the notary public locally.
Recordal of Change of Name/Address Requirements:
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A Power of attorney, legalized; and certificate
of change of name, legalized.
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For a change of address, only a legalized power
of attorney showing the new address is required.
Recordal of license agreement Requirements:
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A Power of attorney, legalized; and license
agreement, legalized.
Recordal of Merger Requirements:
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A Power of attorney, legalized; and certificate
of merger, legalized.
The
Power of Attorney to be submitted for the assignment, license or pledge of
trademark should be newly drafted (no more than one year old);
Cancellation action:
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A trademark is subject to cancellation by any
interested party within 5-years from registration date.
In
the same context, we wish to confirm you that it is permitted to conducting a
search by proprietor name.
Novelty and Discloser requirements:
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In Jordan any patent application should be
filed within 12 months starting from the first worldwide disclosure is
available, in which the application can be filed without claiming a priority.
Formal Examination Procedure:
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Once all formalities filed the application will
be examined with respect to compliance with the formalities provided for under
the patent law.
Substantive Examination Procedure:
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The examination fees must be pay once the
formal examination completed either voluntary or in response to the relevant
invitation.
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There is no special request for examination.
Yet, amending the current claims to match the European allowed claims (after
the end of opposition period) usually leads to accelerate registration. In
other words, the substantive examination that will be conducted by the European
examiners for the European counterpart will be taken into consideration to
decide whether the application can be registered or not.
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The examinations of other countries such as US
& PCT will be taken into consideration for cases in which a European
counterpart has not been filed.
Validity:
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For national phase applications, annites are to
be paid starting from the 1st year calculated based on the PCT filing date.
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For conventional patent applications, annuities
are to be paid while the application is still pending calculated based on the
national filing date. Otherwise, all overdue annuities must be paid at the time
of registration.
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The due annuities for conventional and national
phase application can be paid within a grace period of six months with a
penalty.
The term of patent protection:
In Jordan the term of patent protection is 20
years as from the filing date. The application is subject to the payment of the
prescribed annuity fees starting from the filing year, due at the time of
registration. Further annual maintenance fees are payable on each anniversary
of the filing date of the application. There is a grace period of six months
for late payment of these annual maintenance fees with penalty fees.
Patent Requirements:
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A Power of attorney duly notarized and
legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.
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A Patent Form 4 legalized up to the Jordanian
Consulate.
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A Certified copy of the home letters patent.
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Three copies of specifications, claims and
drawings in English with Arabic translation thereof.
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Abstract of about 200 words in English with
Arabic translation thereof.
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A Certified copy of certificate of
incorporation or extract from the commercial register for the applicant(s).
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A Certified copy of priority document in case
priority is to be claimed.
Novelty and Discloser requirements:
- In Jordan is absolute novelty. Yet, a grace period of 12 months starting from the first worldwide disclosure is available, in which the application can be filed without claiming a priority.
Examination:
- Once all formalities filed the application will be examined with respect to compliance with the Formalities & Registrability provided for under the Industrial Designs and Models Law.
Validity:
A design/ model registration is valid for fifteen years starting as from the date of filing the application or from the priority date. There is no provision in the current Design Law of Jordan for compulsory working with respect to designs.
Design Requirements:
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A Power of attorney duly notarized and
legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.
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Three sets of specimens or representations of
the design.
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The article(s) covered by the design and the
material used in producing these items.
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A description of the design pointing out its
novel aspects
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Extract from the commercial register legalized.
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Declaration of ownership if the designer is
different from the applicant.
- Certified copy of priority document if claimed.
Maintenance Fees:
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According to the new design law, which became
effective in May 2000, no annuities or maintenance fees are to be paid on new
design applications; all registration fees are paid in full upon filing the
application.
- The design is protected for 15-years.
Recordal of assignment requirements:
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A Power of attorney legalized by the assignee.
- Deed of assignment legalized.
Recordal of change of name requirements:
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A Power of attorney legalized in the new name
or address.
- Certificate of change of name/ address legalized up to Jordan Consulate.
Recordal of change of address requirements:
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A Power of attorney legalized in the new name
or address.
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Certificate copy of change of address.
Copyright
Law No. 22 for the year 1992 (and its amendments of 1998, 1999 and 2005)
governs the protection of copyright and related rights in Jordan.
Protection
covers original works of literature, art and science no matter what their type,
importance or purpose is. This includes works of art expressed in writing,
sound, drawing, photography and motion, such as books, speeches, plays, musical
compositions, films, applied art, 3-D works and computer software.
FILING REQUIREMENTS
For written material:
1. A
Power of Attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.
2. Four
copies of the work.
For other copyrightable works:
1. A
Power of Attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.
2. Two
copies of the work.
N.B:
A copyright
application can be filed only, if one of the following conditions is met:
1. The
applicant is Jordanian.
2. The
work is created by a resident in Jordan and is to be published and distributed
in Jordan.
3. The
subject of the work is related to Jordan.
SEARCH REQUIREMENTS
1. A
Power of Attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.
2. Copyright
Title & Full Material.
N.B:
Copyright
owners from countries that are party to the Berne Convention do not require
registration.