Trademark registration in Jordan

The trademark office and official links

Trademarks in Jordan are registered by the Industrial Property Protection Directorate, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply (MIT).

• Trademark office: Industrial Property Protection Directorate, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply (MIT)
• Online filing: official e-filing portal
• Trademark search: official trademark database
• Law: Law No. 33 of 1952 on Trademarks (as amended up to Law No. 15 of 2008)
• Law: Trademarks Rules No. 1 of 1952 (as amended)
• Law: Regulation No. 128 of 2009 on Amendments to the Trademarks Rules
• Law: Regulation No. 22 of 2010 on Amendments to the Trademarks Rules

Official fees in Jordan

The office does not publish an up-to-date fee schedule we could verify. Ask firms that cover Jordan for a quote that shows official and professional fees separately — post a request or compare packages.

How to register a trademark in Jordan

1. Optionally request an official similarity search letter from the Ministry (fee JOD 10).
2. File the application with the Industrial Property Protection Directorate, in person or through the Ministry's e-filing portal.
3. The Registrar examines the application and accepts it, accepts it with conditions, or refuses it.
4. Accepted applications are published so that third parties can oppose them.
5. Any person may file a written opposition within three months of publication.
6. If unopposed, the mark is registered with effect from the filing date and a certificate is issued.

Examination, publication and opposition

• Examination: Examined by the Registrar of Trademarks at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply; no official examination time is stated (an application is treated as abandoned if not completed within 13 months through the applicant's default).
• Publication: Trademark notices are published as supplements to the Official Gazette
• Opposition period: 3 months from publication of the application (Law, art. 14(1))

Protection, renewal and use

• Term: 10 years from the filing date, renewable.
• Late renewal: The mark is cancelled if not renewed within one year after the renewal due date (Law, art. 21(2)); surcharge amounts could not be verified
• Use requirement: a registration can be challenged after 3 years of non-use.
• Rights system: first to file.

Filing from abroad

• Language: Arabic

Firms on TrademarksHub that cover Jordan can act as your local agent — see firms.

Madrid Protocol

Jordan is not a member of the Madrid System, so an international registration cannot cover it. You need a national filing, usually through a local agent.

Trademark classes

Nice Classification; goods classes are set by the Trademarks Rules (Law, art. 50(2)). Not sure which classes you need? See all 45 classes or classes by business type.

How Jordan compares

• Opposition: 3 months from publication of the application (Law, art. 14(1)) — compare all countries
• Renewal: every 10 years; grace period The mark is cancelled if not renewed within one year after the renewal due date (Law, art. 21(2)); surcharge amounts could not be verified — compare all countries
• Official search: ippublish.mit.gov.jo — all search databases

Guides: registering in any country · costs by country · Madrid

Good to know in Jordan

• The Trademarks Law is registration-based: no damages claim can be brought for infringement of an unregistered mark (art. 33(1)), although owners of well-known marks have specific remedies.
• Registration is dated from the filing date, and the 10-year term runs from that date.
• A mark can be cancelled for non-use if it has not been used for three continuous years before the cancellation request, unless there are justifiable reasons; use by an authorised licensee counts.
• The 2008 amendments added provisions on international registrations under the Madrid system, but Jordan does not appear on WIPO's list of Madrid Protocol members, so protection requires a national filing.
• The Ministry offers online trademark search by number, name and owner, and Jordanian marks are also searchable through TMView.

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