Patents:

Patent Filing Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney legalized and notarized up to the Jordanian Consulate. (Applications can be filed with a copy of the notarized power of attorney provided that the legalized original will follow within 60 days as from the filing date)

2.  A certified copy of the certificate of registration of the company or articles of association for a corporate person.

3.   Affidavit (patent application form No. 4) duly notarized and legalized. This form should be jointly signed by the inventor(s) and the patentee in case the later is not the inventor(s). If this is the case, said form will serve also as a deed of assignment.

4.   Three copies of the specifications and claims in English and in Arabic (translation maybe prepared by us).

5.   Three sets of the formal drawings, if any.

6.   A certified copy of the home application or registration or a certified priority document, if priority is to be claimed. (The patent number and first filing date have to be available upon filing and the original documents must be submitted within 60 days).

7.  For publication: A brief description of the invention and the new claims whose protection is sought in about (200) words for the purpose of publication in the Official Gazette. The said brief description should be independent of the application; and it should comprise the following:

a)- The name of the inventor and the applicant if the applicant is not the inventor and the addresses of both of them.
b)- A summary of the specifications of the invention, the claims whose protection is sought and any illustrative drawing associated with it. The said summary must indicate the technical or scientific field of the invention and give a clear idea of the technical problem, the essence of its solution and the main uses of the invention.
c)- The chemical formula that best distinguishes the invention compared with the other formulas listed in the application if needed and if the invention is a chemical one.
d)- The best suited illustrative drawing among those presented by the applicant (if applicable).

Kindly note the following points:

1.  Patent Applications can be filed with only the specifications, claims, abstract and  drawings, while all the other documents can be submitted within 60 days from the filing date.

2.   Nominal working of a patent is a requirement under the Jordanian Patent Law as from 4 years of the filing date or 3 years as from granting date and failing to do so will be become subject to compulsory licensing, on the other hand it is possible to meet this requirement by publishing a notice in a daily newspaper inviting any interested party to exploit the patent, which can be done every two years.

3.   Annuities should be paid after issuance of letters patent and they are calculated from the filing date or priority date with a permitted grace period of six months. 

      Patent Change of Name or Address Requirements:

1.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney up to the Jordanian Consulate in the new name and/ address.

2.   A certified and legalized copy of the change of name certificate issued by the home registry office.

3.   Letters patent No. or filing No. if the Letters is not issued yet.

Recording Assignment Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney signed by the assignee, dully notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   A deed of assignment signed by both assignor and assignee, notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

3.   Name, address, nationality, and profession or nature of business of the assignee.

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Trademarks:

Trademark Filing Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Ten prints of the trademark for each application.

3.   The name, nationality, address, status and occupation of the applicant.

4.   A list of the goods/services and classes to be covered by the application.

5.   A certified priority document, when priority is to be claimed.

Trademark Filing Process in Jordan:

Once the application is filed, it is examined to its conformity with the applicable laws and it is availability against prior applications or registrations. This process might take up to 45 days. Once the application is accepted it is then forwarded to publication in the official gazette, which might take place within 6 months from the filing date. If no opposition was filed by third parties with three months from the publication date, the application will mature into a registration and the certificate will be issued accordingly. The registration is valid for 10 years and is renewable for similar terms.

Kindly note the following points:

1.   Multi class applications are not available under the Jordanian Trademark Law; therefore, an application for each class should be filed separately.

2.   Trademarks registration period are 10 years, starting from filing date.

Trademarks Renewal Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Number of trademark and class.

Trademarks Change of Name and Address Requirements:

1.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney up to the Jordanian Consulate in the new name.

2.   Certificate of change of name and address or extract from the home registry notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

Requirements for Recording a Merger Agreement:

1.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Merger document notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

Recording an Assignment Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney signed by the assignee, notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Merger document notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

3.   Nationality, address, name and profession or nature of business of the assignee.

4.   An assignment deed signed by both assignor and assignee, notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

Requirements for Recording a License Agreement:

1.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   A notarized and legalized license agreement document up to the Jordanian Consulate.

3.   Trademark registration number and class.

Requirements for Recording a Border Measures:

1.   A copy of the trademark registration certificate.

2.   A specimen of the trademark intends to take measures for.

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Copyrights:

Copyright Requirements for Written Materials:

1.   A power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Four copies of the work.

Copyright Requirements for Other Copyrightable Works:

1.   A power of attorney legalized and notarized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Two copies of the work.

Models & Industrial Designs:

Design Filing Requirement:

1.   Power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.   Description of the design pointing out its novel aspects.

3.   The article(s) covered by the design and the material used in producing these items.

4.   Class(es) in which the design is to be registered.

5.   Three sets of specimens or representations of the design.

6.   Extract from the commercial register of applicant legalized if applicant is not a normal person.

7.   Certified copy of priority document if claimed.

8.   Deed of assignment, if the designer is different from the applicant, legalized.

9.   Declaration of Novelty and ownership legalized up to Jordan Consulate.

10.  Details of the applicant.

Change of Name and Address Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney dully notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate in the new name.

2.   Certificate of change of name and address or extract from the home registry notarized and legalized up to Jordanian consulate.

3.   Design Number.

Assignment Requirements:

1.   A power of attorney signed by the assignee dully notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

2.  An assignment deed signed by both assignor and assignee dully notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

3.   Nationality, name, address and profession or nature of business of the assignee.

“Ps. Design protection is for 15 years starts from filing date”.

Domain Names:

Filing Requirements:

- A notarized and legalized power of Attorney up to the Jordanian Consulate.

Change of Owner Name Requirements:

1.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney form completed in the new name.

2.   A certificate of change of name, notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian Consulate.

Assignment Requirements:

1.   A completed deed of assignment signed by both the assignor and the assignee and notarized and legalized up to the Jordanian consulate. In this form you should specifically mention the Domain Name (s) that is intended to be assigned.

2.   A notarized and legalized power of attorney form dully signed by the assignee.

Downloads:

Power of Attorney form

Charges:

Please contact us: Jordan@trimarkip.com

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