Jordan
CLASSIFICATION
11th edition – single class applicationSEARCH
Possible for word and device marksEXAMINATION
On formal, absolute, and relative groundsOPPOSITION
3 months from publication datePROTECTION TERM
10 years from filing date and renewable for like periodsUSE
Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 3 years from filingPossible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
Filing Requirements
Filing Requirements
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from filing date
- Copy of the notarized POA may be submitted at the time of filing. The legalized copy must be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
Filing Requirements
- No additional documents are required
What you need to know
- Grace period of 1 year
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name, legalized
- For change of address, no additional documents are required other than POA
What you need to know
- May be recorded for registrations only
Filing Requirements
What you need to know
- Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
- May be recorded for registrations only
- POA must not be older than 1 year
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, legalized
What you need to know
- May be recorded for registrations only
- POA must not be older than 1 year
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, legalized
What you need to know
- License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to be effective against third parties
- May be recorded for registrations only
EQUIVALENT SEARCH
Published and granted patents may be searched by title, patentee name, inventors names, priority numbers and abstractEXAMINATION
As to form, novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicabilityPUBLICATION
Published upon grant in the Official GazetteOPPOSITION
3 months from publication dateANNUITIES
Due annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable prior to grant. Grace period of 12 months for late payment with a surchargePROTECTION TERM
20 years from filing dateFiling Requirements
Filing Requirements
- Affidavit (Form no. 4), signed by inventor(s) and the applicant company, notarized and legalized
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
- Copy of certificate of incorporation.
- English specifications and drawings
- Arabic translation of specifications and drawings
What you need to know
- The specifications and drawings and the Arabic translation of title and abstract must be submitted at the time of filing
- The rest of the documents may be submitted within sixty days from filing date
Filing Requirements
- Extract from the commercial register showing old and new name, legalized
- For a change of address, no additional documents are required other than POA
What you need to know
- Documents must be accompanied with a simple English translation if made in a foreign language
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, legalized
- Copy of certificate of incorporation of the applicant company, certified
What you need to know
- Documents must be accompanied with a simple English translation if made in a foreign language
- Extract from the commercial register of assignee must be submitted for pending patents
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, legalized
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, legalized
What you need to know
- Documents must be accompanied with a simple English translation if made in a foreign language
- Documents must be translated into Arabic upon submission
Protection Term
15 years from filing dateEXAMINATION
As to form and noveltyAPPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES
AdmissibleLOCARNO CLASSIFICATION
YesOPPOSITION
90 days from publication dateFiling Requirements
- POA, legalized
- 3 representations of the design
- Copy of certificate of incorporation of the applicant company, certified
- An abstract of the design for publication in the Official Gazette
- Deed of assignment, legalized
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- Design title, abstract, class, drawings are needed at time of filing, all remaining documents may be submitted within 2 months of filing date
Title | SERVICE | TYPE | LAST UPDATED | DOWNLOAD PDF |
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Jordan Deed of Assignment for Designs | Design | DOA | June 1, 2015 | download |
Jordan Deed of Assignment for Trademarks | Trademark | DOA | May 6, 2015 | download |
Jordan Power of Attorney for Designs | Design | POA | July 16, 2018 | download |
Jordan Power of Attorney for Patents | Patent | POA | July 16, 2018 | download |
Jordan Power of Attorney for Trademarks | Trademark | POA | July 16, 2018 | download |
LAW | SERVICE | DOWNLOAD PDF |
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Jordan Trademark Law | Trademark | download |
Jordan Patent Law | Patent | download |
Jordan Industrial Design Law | Design | download |
Jordan Copyright Law | Copyright | download |
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