WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IPIN/lIJORlT/l 
11 December 2000 
(00-5367) 
Original: English! 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
JORDAN 
The present document reproduces the textl of the following laws and regulations notified by Jordan under 
Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/lIJORlI). 
Law on Trademarks, N° (33) of 1952. 
Law Amending the Trademarks Law, N° (34) of 1999. 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A. LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
JORDANIE 2 
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Le present document contient le textel des lois et reglementations ci-apres, notifiees par la Jordanie au titre de 
l'article 63:2 de I'Accord (voir le document IP/N/IIJORlI). 
Loi nO (33) de 1952 sur les marques de fabrique ou de commerce 2 
Loi n° (34) de 1999 portant modification de la Loi sur les marques de fabrique ou de commerce 14 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PA.RRAFO 2 DEL ARTiCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
JORDANIA 
En el presente documento se reproduce el textol de las siguientes leyes y reglamentos notificados por Jordania en 
virtud del pirrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (v ease el documento IP/N/lIJORll). 
Ley de Marcas de Fibrica 0 de Comercio N° (33) de 1952 
Ley que modifica la Ley de Marcas de Fibrica 0 de Comercio N° (34) de 1999 2 
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Secretariat.!En anglais seulement. Les deh!gations interessees peuvent consulter le texte dans sa langue d'origine, au Secretariat de 
l'OMC'/En ingles solamente. Las delegaciones interesadas podnln consultar en la Secretaria de la OMC el texto en su idioma original. IPIN/IIJORlTIl 
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The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan 
Trademarks Law 
(Law No.33 For The Year 1952) 
Article (1) Title & Effective Date 
This law shall be called the "Trademarks Law for the Year 1952" and shall be 
effective after the lapse of one month as from the date of its publication in the Official 
Gazette. 
Article (2) Explanation Of Terms 
In this law the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them hereinafter 
unless the context indicates otherwise: 
-The word "register" shall mean the Trademarks Register. 
-The word "register" shall mean the Registrar of Trademarks. 
-The term "trademark" shall mean any mark used or is intended to be used upon 
goods or in connection therewith for the purpose of indicating that such goods are 
those of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of having manufactured, selected, 
certified, traded in or offered them for sale. 
Article (3) The Trademarks Register 
F or the purposes of this law there shall be a register kept under the supervision of a 
Registrar, to be appointed by the Minister of Commerce, which shall be called the 
Trademarks Register, wherein shall be entered all registered trademarks, with the 
names and addresses of the owners, description of their goods, notices of assignments, 
transfers and transmissions, their relevant conditions and limitations, and all such 
other matters relating to such trademarks, as he may from time to time prescribe. 
Article (4) Merger Of The Existing Register 
The trademarks register existing at the date of the coming into force of the present law 
shall be merged into, and shall form a complementary part of the register provided for 
in the preceding Article. Subject to the provisions of Article 30 of this law, the 
validity ofthe original entry of any entry, and such trademark shall retain its original 
date, but for all other purposes it shall be deemed to be a trademark registered under 
this law. 
Article (5) Inspection Of The Register & Obtaining Extracts Thereof 
The register kept under this law shall at all convenient times be open to inspection by 
the public, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed. A certified copy of any 
entry in such register shall be given to any person requesting the same after payment 
of the prescribed fee. 
Article (6) Trademark Registration Applications 
A person desiring to have the exclusive use of a trademark for distinguishing goods of 
his own production, manufacture, selection, or in respect of which he issued a 
certificate, or goods in which he trades or intends to trade, may apply for the 
registration of such trademark in accordance with the provisions of this law. Article (7) Trademarks Eligible For Registration IPINIl/JORlT/l 
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1. Trademarks which may be eligible for registration must consist of characters, 
devices or marks or a combination of these things which has a distinctive 
character. 
2. For the purposes of this Article, "distinctive" shall mean applied in a manner which 
secures distinguishing the goods of the proprietor of the trademark from those of 
other persons. 
3. In determining whether a trademark has a distinctive character as mentioned herein 
before, the registrar or the court may, in the case of a trademark in actual use, take 
into consideration the extent to which such use has rendered the trademark in fact 
distinctive for the goods in respect of which it is registered or is intended to be 
registered. 
4. A trademark may be limited in whole or in part to one or more particular colours. 
In such instance, the fact that the trademark is limited to such colours shall be 
taken into consideration by the registrar or the court when deciding on the 
distinctiveness character of such trademark. If and so far as a trademark is 
registered without limitation to colour, it shall be considered to be registered for all 
colours. 
5. The registration of a trademark should be restricted to particular goods or a 
specified class of goods. 
6. Any disagreement arising as to the class to which any goods belong shall be 
determined by the registrar, whose decision shall be final. 
Article (8) Marks Which May Not Be Registered As Trademarks 
The following may not be registered as trademarks 
1. Marks which resemble the emblem of His Majesty the King or royal crests or the 
word royal or any other words, characters or representations which may lead to the 
belief that the applicant enjoys royal patronage. 
2. The insignia or decorations of the government of the Hashemite Kingdom ofJordan 
or those of foreign states or countries unless with the authorization of the 
competent authorities. 
3. Marks indicating any official designation unless the application of which is 
demanded by the competent authorities to whom such mark belongs or its under 
their supervision. 
4. Mark which resemble the national flag or the military or naval banners of the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan or its honorary decorations or insignia or the 
national, military or naval banners. 
5. Marks which include the following words and expressions: "patentl" IIpatentedll, 
Ilby royal patentll, Ilregistered designll, 11 copyright 11 , Ilcounterfeiting is forgery", or 
similar words or expressions. 
6. Marks which are contrary to the public order or morality or which lead to deceiving 
the public, or marks which encourage unfair trading competition or contain false 
indications as to their real origin. 
7. Marks consisting of figures, characters or words which are commonly used in trade 
to distinguish or describe kinds of goods or their classes or describe the ,type or 
class or goods, or words whose ordinary signification is geographical or a surname, 
unless represented in a special manner, provided that nothing contained in ~his 
paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the registration of marks of the nature 
described herein which have a distinctive character within the 
8. Marks identical with or similar to emblems of exclusively religious signification. IP/N/1/JORlT/l 
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9. Marks which contain the picture, name of the trade name ofa person, or the name 
of a body corporate or of an association, unless the consent of the person or body 
corporate concerned has been obtained. In the case of persons recently dead, the 
registrar may ask for consents of their legal representatives. 
10. A mark identical with one belonging to a different proprietor which is already 
entered in the register in respect of the same goods or class of goods for which the 
mark is intended to be registered, or so closely resembling such trademark to the 
extent that it may lead to deceiving third parties. 
11. Marks which are similar to or identical with the insignia of the Red Crescent or 
the Red Cross on a white background or the insignia of the Red Cross or the Cross 
of Geneva. 
Article (9) Name Or Description Of Goods 
Where the name or description of any goods is incorporated in a trademark, the 
registrar may refuse to register such mark in respect of any goods other than the goods 
so named or described. Where the trademark incorporates the name or descriptidn of 
any goods which varies in use, the registrar may permit the registration of the mark 
incorporating the name or description in respect of goods other than those named or 
described and even the applicant points out in his applicantion that a difference in the 
name or description exists. 
Article (10) Regulation Of Trademarks 
Where any association or person undertakes to certify the origin, material, mode or 
manufacture, quality, accuracy or other characteristics of any goods by using a mark 
upon such goods, the registrar may, if he is satisfied that such association or person is 
competent to certify as aforesaid, or if he is of the opinion that registration of the 
trademark will be in the public interest, permit such association or person to register 
such mark as a trademark in respect of such goods, whether or not such association or 
person is a trading association or trades or possesses a commercial goodwill which 
renders him the right to effect certification. When so registered, such trademark shall 
be achieved in all respects to be a registered trademark of such association or person, 
save that such trademark may not be assigned or transferred without the permission of 
the register. 
Article (11) Trademark Registration Application 
1. Any person claiming to be the proprietor of a used or proposed to be used 
trademark who is desirous of registering such trademark shall apply in writing to 
the registrar in the prescribed manner. 
2. Subject to the provisions of this law, the registrar may refuse such application or 
may accept it absolutely or subject to conditions, amendments or modifications as 
to the mode or place of use of the trademark or as to other aspects. 
3. A rejection by the register to register a trademark shall be subject to appeal to the 
high court of justice. 
4. The register or the high court of justice, as the case may be, may at any time, 
whether before or after acceptance, correct any error in connection with any 
application, or may ask the applicant to amend his application upon such terms as 
the registrar or the high court of justice may deem fit to impose. Article (12) Disclaimers IPIN/1IJORlT/1 
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If a trademark incorporates matters in common use in the trade or otherwise is neither 
in such common use nor has an obvious feature, the registrar or the high court of 
justice may require, in deciding whether such trademark shall be entered or shall 
remain entered in the register, as a condition for maintaining its entery in the 
register, that the proprietor shall disclaim any right to the exclusive use of any part or 
parts of such trademark, or of all or any portion of such matters, to the exclusive use 
of which the registrar or the court holds him not to be entitled, or that he shall make 
such other disclaimer as the registrar or the court may consider needful for the 
purpose of defining the rights of the proprietor of the trademark under such 
registration, provided always that no disclaimer by the proprietor of the trademark 
entered in the register shall affect any of his rights except to the extent resulting from 
the registration of the trademark in respect of which the disclaimer is made. 
Article (13) Publication Of An Application 
When accepting an application for the registration of a trademark, whether such 
acceptance be absolute or subject to conditions or limitations, the registrar shall, as 
soon as possible after such acceptance, cause the application in the manner in which it 
has been accepted to be published in the prescribed manner. Such publication shall 
include all the conditions and limitations subject to which the application has been 
accepted. 
Article (14) Opposition To Registration 
1. Any person may within three months as from the date of the publication of an 
application for the registration of a trademark, or within such other time as may be 
prescribed, file with the registrar a notice of opposition to the registration of such 
trademark. In the case of applications published before the coming into force of 
this law, the period within which and the manner in which the notice of opposition 
thereto may be filed shall be governed by the provisions of the trademarks law in 
force on the date of publication. 
2. A notice of opposition shall be given in writing in the prescribed manner and shall 
include a statement of the grounds for the opposition. 
3. The registrar shall send a copy of such notice of opposition to the applicant who 
shall, within the prescribed time after the receipt of such notice, send to the 
registrar in the prescribed manner a counter statement including the grounds on 
which his application for the registration of the trademark is based. Ifhe fails to do 
so, he shall be deemed to have abandoned his application. 
4. If the applicant sends a counterstatement, the registrar shall furnish a copy thereof 
to the person or persons opposing the registration, and shall after hearing the 
parties, if necessary, and considering the evidence, decide whether, and subject to 
what conditions, registration is to be permitted. 
5. On hearing any such appeal, any party may, either in the manner prescribed or by 
special leave of the high court of justice, bring forward further evidence for the 
consideration of the high court of justice. 
6. In the course of an appeal under this Article, no further grounds for the opposition 
to the registration of a trademark shall be demonstrated by the opponent or the 
registrar other than those stated by the opponent as herringbone provided, except 
by leave of the high court of justice hearing the appeal. Where any further grounds 
of opposition are taken, the applicant shall be entitled, after having been notified of IP/N/lIJORlTIl 
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such action in the prescribed manner, to withdraw his application without payment 
of the costs incurred by the opponent. 
7. When examining any appeal made under this article, the high court of justice may, 
after hearing the registrar, permit the applied trademark to be modified in any 
manner not substantially affecting the identity of such trademark. In such a case, 
the trademark so modified shall be published in the prescribed manner before 
being registered. 
Article (15) Registration Date 
1. If the application for the registration of a trademark was accepted and has not been 
opposed, and the prescribed time for opposition expires, or having been opposed 
and the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant, the registrar shall 
register the said trademark, on receiving payment of the prescribed fee, and unless 
the application has been accepted in error or unless the court otherwise directs. The 
trademark shall then be registered as from the date of the application for 
registration. 
2. In the case of an application filed in compliance with the provisions of Article 41 of 
this law, the trademark shall be registered as from the date of application for 
registration in the foreign country, and such date shall be deemed for the purposes 
of this law to be the date of registration. 
3. On the registration of a trademark the registrar shall issue to the applicant a 
certificate of the registration of such trademark in the prescribed form. 
Article (16) N on-Completion Of Registration 
V/here the registration of a trademark is not completed within twelve months from the 
date of application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the registrar may, 
after giving notice of the non-completion to the applicant in writing in the prescribed 
manner, treat the application as abandoned unless completed within the time specified 
by the registrar in that notice. 
Article (17) Rival Claims To Identical Trademarks 
Where separate applications are made by different persons to be registered as 
proprietors respectively of trademarks which are identical or closely resemble each 
other, in respect of the same goods or description of goods, the registrar may refuse to 
register any of such persons until their rights in respect of such trademarks have been 
established either. 
i) by reaching between themselves an agreement which meets with the approval of 
the registrars, or 
ii) by the high court of justice to whom the registrars shall refer the dispute in the 
absence of such agreement. 
Article (18) Concurrent Use Of A Trademark 
1. In a case of honest concurrent use of a trademark or under circumstances which in 
the opinion of the registrar make proper the registration of the same trademark in 
the name of more than one person, the registrar may permit the registration of 
such a trademark or any trademarks which closely resemble it, for the same goods 
or class of goods in the names of more than one person, subj ect to such conditions 
and limitations as he may think fit to impose as to the mode or place of use or 
other respects. IP/N/1/JORlT/1 
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2. A decision of the registrars under this Article may be appealed to the high court of 
justice, and the court shall on appeal have the same powers as are by this Article 
conferred upon the registrar. 
3. An appeal under this Article shall be submitted within thirty days as from the date 
of the decision of the registrar. 
Article (19) Assignment Of Trademarks & Allocation To Partners On The Dissolution Of A Palinership 
1. A trademark may be assigned and transferred after registration only with the 
. goodwill of the business concerned in connection with the goods for which it has 
been registered and shall be determinable with that goodwill. 
2. In the event a person ceases to carry on business through any cause, whether by 
reason of dissolution of the partnership formed with others, or for other causes, and 
the goodwill of such person does not pass to one successor, but is divided among 
several persons, the registrar may, upon the request of the parties concerned, 
permit an allocation of the registered trademarks of that person to the persons 
actually continuing the business, subject to such limitations, conditions and 
modifications, as he may think necessary in the public interest. Any decision of the 
registrar under this paragraph may be appealed to the high court of justice. 
Article (20) Duration Of Registration 
The duration oftitIe to trademark rights shall be seven years as from the registration 
date. The registration of a trademark may be renewed from time to time in accordance 
with the provisions of this law, provided that the provisions ofthis Article shall, in so 
far as the duration is concerned, apply to applications made subsequent to the 
enactment of this law, and shall not apply to any trademark registered under any 
previous law. 
Article (21) Renewal Of A Registration 
1. The registrar shall, on the request of the registered proprietor of a trademark in the 
prescribed manner and within the prescribed period, renew the registration of the 
trademark for a period of fourteen years as from the expiration of the first 
registration or as from the date of the last renewal of registration, as the case may 
be. Such date is in this law termed "expiration of the last registration". 
2. At the prescribed time before the expiration of the last registration of a trademark, 
the registrar shall send a notice in the prescribed form to the registered proprietor 
advising him of the date on which the existing registration will expire and of the 
conditions as to payment offees and others under which the renal of such 
registration may be effected. If at the expiration of the time prescribed the said 
proprietor of the trademark still fails to comply with such conditions, the registrar 
may remove such trademark from the register and impose such conditions as to its 
restoration as he may deem fit. 
3. Where a trademark has been removed from the register for non-payment of the 
renewal fees, such trademark shall nevertheless, for the purposes of any application 
for registration during one ensuing year after the date of such removal, retain its 
character as a registered trademark, provided in this case that the foregoing 
provisions of this Article shall not be effective where the registrar is convinced 
that: 
a) The trademark removed from the register has not been concretely used during 
the two years immediately preceding its removal, or IP/N/1/JORfT/l 
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b) It is unlikely that deception or confusion may arise from the use of the 
trademark which is the subject of the application for registration by reason of 
any previous use of the trademark which has been removed. 
Article (22) Cancellation Of A Trademark For Non-Use 
l.Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of Article (25) of this law, 
application for the cancellation of the registration of a trademark may be made by 
any interested person, on the grounds that there was no bona fide to use of the 
trademark in connection with the goods for which it is registered, and that there has 
in fact been no real use of the trademark in connection with the goods for which it 
is registered, or that there had not been any such user during the two years 
immediately preceding the application for cancellation, unless in either case such 
non-user is proved to be due to special circumstances in the trade, and not to any 
intention not to use or to abandon such trademark in respect of such goods for 
which it is registered. 
2. An application for cancellation may be made by the applicant in the prescribed 
manner either to the high court of justice or, at the option of the applicant, may be 
made in the first instance to the registrar. 
3. The Registrar may, at any stage ofthe proceedings, refer any such application to 
the high court of justice, or he may, after hearing the parties, determine the case 
between them, provided that his decision shall be subject to appeal to the high 
court of justice. 
Article (23) Registration Of The Assignment Of Trademarks 
1. Where a person becomes the proprietor of a registered trademark by assignment, 
transfer or other legal action, he shall apply to the registrar to enter his title to the 
trademark in the register, and the Registrar shall, upon receipt of such application 
and conviction of the title, register such trademark in the name ofthat person, and 
shall cause an entry of the mark to be made in the register. Any decision of the 
Registrar made under this Article shall be subject to appeal to the high court of 
justice. 
2. Except in cases of appeals under this Article, and unless the court otherwise directs, 
a document or instrument in respect of which no entry has been made in the 
register in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not be 
admitted as evidence supporting title to a trademark. 
Article (24) Incidental Alteration Of Registered Trademarks 
1. The registered proprietor of a trademark may apply to the registrar in the prescribed 
manner for permission to add to or alter such trademark in any manner not 
affecting the identity of the trademark, and the registrar may refuse such 
permission or may grant it on such terms and subject to such limitations as he may 
think fit. Any such refusal or permission shall be subject to appeal to the high 
court of justice. 
2. If permission to add or alter is granted, the trademark as altered shall be published 
in the prescribed manner. 
Article (25) Amendment Of The Register 
Having regard to the provisions of this law: IP/NIlIJORlTI 1 
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1. Any person aggrieved by non-insertion in the register or removal from the register 
of any entry made without sufficient cause to justifY such entry, or by any entry 
unfairly remaining on the register, or by any error or defect in any entry standing 
in the register, shall have the options of submitting an application in the prescribed 
manner to the high court of justice, or make such application to the registrar in the 
first instance. 
2. The registrar may, at any stage of the proceedings, refer any such application to the 
high court of justice, or he may after hearing the parties, determine the case 
between them, subject to appeal to the high court of justice. 
3. The high court of justice may, in a proceeding brought before it under this Article, 
decide on any question that may be necessary or expedient to decide in connection 
with the amendment of the register. 
4. In the event of falsification in the registration, assignment or transfer of a registered 
trademark, the registrar may himself apply to the high court of justice under the 
provisions of this Article. 
5. An application for removing a trademark from the register of on the grounds 'that 
there is no justification for its registration according to the provisions of Article (6) 
(7) or (8) of this law, or on the grounds that the registration of the trademark 
creates an unfair competition in respect of the applicant's rights in the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan, must be made within five years as from the registration of 
the trademark. 
6. Any order of the high court of justice amending the register shall direct that a 
notice of the amendment be served upon the registrar by the party in whose favour 
the decision was issued and the registrar shall, upon receipt of such notice, amend 
the register according to the pronouncement of the decision. 
Article (26) Rights Of The Proprietor Of A Trademark 
Subject to any limitations and conditions entered in the register, the registration of a 
person as proprietor of a trademark shall, if valid, entitle such person to the 
exclusive use of such trademark upon or in connection with the goods in respect of 
which it is registered, provided always that where two or more persons are 
registered proprietors of the same trademark, or substantially the same, neither shall 
have the right to use it exclusively under such registration, except to the extent 
where their respective rights shall have been defended by the registrar or by the high 
court of justice. Otherwise, each of these persons shall have the same rights as if he 
was the sole registered proprietor of such trademark. 
Article (27) Correction Of The Register 
The registrars may on the strength of a request made in the prescribed manner by the 
registrant: 
1. Correct any error in the name or address of the registrant. 
2. Enter any change in the name or address of the registrant. 
3. Strike off any goods or classes of goods from those for which a trademark is 
registered. 
4. Enter a disclaimer or memorandum relating to a trademark, if that disclaimer or 
memorandum does not in any way extend the rights given by the existing 
registration of such trademark, or 
5. Cancel the entry of a trademark in the register. 
Any decision of the registrar made under the provisions of this Article shall be subject 
to appeal before the high court of justice. IP/N/1/JOR/T/1 
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Article (28) Applications For The Insertion In The Register Of Entries Relating To 
Amendment Or Substitution Of The Classes Of Goods 
1. The minister of commerce may, from time to time, on the strength of a notion by 
the registrar and approval of the council of ministers, set down regulations, 
prescribe such forms and generally do such things as he thinks expedient for 
empowering the registrar to amend the register, whether by making new entries or 
expunging or varying entries therein, to the extent which may be requisite for the 
purpose of securing conformity between the designation therein of the goods or 
classes of goods, in respect of which the trademark is registered, with any amended 
or substituted classification that he may order to be entered. 
2. In exercising any power of those conferred on him in accordance with the 
aforesaid, the registrar may not make any amendment of the register that may 
result in adding any goods or any other class of goods to those goods or classes of 
goods in respect of which a trademark is registered immediately prior to the date 
the amendment is to be made. He may not also antedate the registration of a 
trademark in respect of goods with a date previous to the registration, provided that 
the provisions of this paragraph shall not affect any aspect in relation to the goods 
which the registrar believes the application of the provisions of this paragraph to 
which shall involve undue complexity and that the addition or antedating, as the 
case may be, shall not tackle a substantial portion of the goods and shall not 
prejudice therights of any person. 
3. A proposal for the amendment of the register shall, for the purposes, of the 
aforesaid, be notified to the registered proprietor of the trademark affected. The 
said registrant may appeal to the high court of justice, provided that the proposal 
shall be published along with any modification thereto. Likewise, any person 
aggrieved by the proposal may oppose the amendment before the registrar on the 
grounds that the proposed amendment contravenes the provisions of the last 
preceding paragraph. The decision of the registrar on any such opposition shall be 
subject to appeal to the high court of justice. 
Article (29) Registration Is A Principal Evidence 
The registration of a person as the proprietor of a trademark shall in all legal 
proceedings relating to the registration constitute evidence of the validity of the 
original registration of such trademark and all subsequent assignments and transfers 
of the trademark. 
Article (30) Trademarks Registered Under Previous Laws & Other Provisions Relating To 
The Transitional Period 
No trademark which is entered in the register at the commencement of this law and 
which under the present law is a registrable trademark, shall be removed or struck off 
the register on the mere grounds that it was not registrable under the laws in force at 
the date of its registration. But there is no provision in this Article which shall subject 
any person to any liability as a result of any act or thing done before the enforcement 
of this law to which he would not have been subject under the law then in force. 
Article (31) The Registrar's Right To Deliver A Notice Of The Procedures For The 
Rectification Thereof ' 
In any legal proceedings for the purpose of alteration or rectification of the' register, 
the Registrar may appear before the court and express his point of view, and shall 
appear before the court if so directed. Unless the court sees otherwise, the registrar 
may in lieu of appearing in person submit to the court a statement in writing signed by IP/NIlIJORlTI 1 
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him and including what he considers relevant details of the proceedings effected 
before him in relation to the disputed matter or of the grounds on the basis of which 
he issued his decision in respect of such case, or of the practice followed by the 
office in similar cases, or such other matters affecting the case which are within his 
knowledge in his capacity as the registrar. Such a statement shall be deemed to from 
part of the evidence in the proceedings. 
Article (32) Certificates Of The Register Constitute Evidence 
A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the registrar as to any entry, the 
matter or thing which he is authorized by the provisions of this law or any regulations 
made thereunder to make or do, shall be prima facie evidence of the entry having been 
made and of the contents thereof, and of the matter or thing having been done or not 
done. 
Article (33) Penalty For Falsely Claiming Registration Of A Trademark 
1. Any person who present a trademark as registered while it is not, shall be liable to a 
fine not exceeding fifty Dinars on conviction for every offence. 
2. A person shall, for the purposes of this Article, be deemed to have presented a 
trademark as registered if he uses in connection with the trademark the word 
"registered" or any words which expressly or implicitly indicate that such a 
trademark has been registered. 
Article (34) Unregistered Trademarks 
No person may institute any proceedings to claim damages for infringement of a 
trademark not registered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; but a person may 
institute proceedings to annul the registration of a trademark registered in the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by a person who is not the proprietor thereof, after 
such a trademark has been registered abroad, if the grounds of his claim are those 
stated in paragraphs 6, 7 and 10 of Article (8) of this law. 
Article (35) Infringement Cases 
The court examining cases of infringement of trademarks shall accept certificates on 
current commercial transactions in respect to the process of manufacturing the 
goods for which the trademark is registered, and any trademark or manufacturing 
process legitimately used in connection with such goods by other persons. 
Article (36) Use Of The Name, Place Of Business Or Description Of Goods 
A registration effected under this law shall not prevent any genuine use by a person of 
his own name or place of business, or that of any of his predecessors in business, or 
the use of any genuine description of the type and class of his goods. 
Article (37) Passing-Off Actions 
The provisions of this law include nothing which may affect the right to initiate a 
legal action against any person for the distribution of goods considering them to be as 
those of another person, or in safeguarding the rights of the wonder of the goods. 
Article (38) Offences 
Any person who with the intention to deceive, commits or attempts to commit or aids 
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upon conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to a fine not 
exceeding one hundred Dinars, or to both such penalties. 
1. Uses a trademark registered under this law or an imitation of such trademark 
applied on the same class of goods as that in respect of which the mark is 
registered. 
2. Sells, stores for the purpose of sale, or exhibits for sale, goods bearing a mark the 
use of which is an offence under this clause. 
3. Uses a mark duly registered by another person under this law to serve his purpose 
of promoting goods of the same class as those for which registration has already 
been obtained by that other person. 
4. Manufactures, engraves, embosses or sells any plate, wooden or metal block, seal 
or other representation of a duly registered mark or any other imitation thereof for 
the purpose of enabling any person, other than the registered proprietor of the 
trademark, to make use of such mark or an imitation thereof in connection with 
goods of the same class as that for which registration has already been obtained by 
that other person. 
S. Makes or causes to be made a false entry in the register kept under this law, or 
makes or causes to be made any written instrument falsely purporting to be a copy 
of any entry in that register, or produces or tenders or causes such instrument to be 
produced or tendered by way of supporting evidence, knowing that the entry or 
instrument is false. 
Article (39) Confiscation Or Destruction Of Goods By Court Order The court prosecuting 
any person charged under the last preceding Article, may order confiscation or 
destruction of all goods, wrapping, packaging and advertising materials, plates, 
wooden or metal blocks, seals and other apparatus used for printing the mark or 
packaging, wrapping, advertising or other materials in respect of which the offence 
has been committed. 
Article (40) Exercise Of Discretionary Powers By The Registrar 
Where any discretionary or other power is given to the registrar in accordance with this 
law or the regulations made hereunder, he shall not exercise that power adversely to the 
interests of the applicant for registration or the registered proprietor ofthe trademark in 
question, without giving such applicant or registered proprietor an opportunity of being 
heard, if the registrar is duly required to do so and within the prescribed time. 
Article (41) Recognition Of Trademarks Registered Abroad Upon Adhesion Of Jordan To 
International Conventions 
1. If the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at any time enters into an 
international convention for mutual protection of trademarks, then any person who 
has applied for protection of his trademark in any other country, which is a party to 
that convention, shall be entitled to register as trademark under this law and shall 
have priority to other applicants. The registration date shall be the same date or 
registration in that country, provided that: 
a) The application is made within six months from the date of application for 
protection in the foreign country concerned, and 
b) There is nothing in this Article which shall entitle the proprietor of a trademark 
to claim damages for any infringement on his trademark which took place prior 
to the actual date on which his trademark was registered in the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan. IP/N/1/JORlT/l 
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2. The registration of a tra~emark shall not be invalidated by the mere reason of using 
such mark in the Rashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the period within which 
this Article stipulates that the application should be made. 
An application for the registration of a trademark under the last preceding Article 
shall be made in the same manner as for an ordinary application under this law, 
provided that an application for the registration of the mark has already been duly 
made in the county of origin. 
Article (43) Announcement Of The States Adhering To International Conventions 
The provisions of Articles (41) and (42) of this law shall apply in the case of those 
foreign states to which the government of Jordan by a decision of the council of 
ministers declares them to be applicable. 
Article (44) Power Of The Registrar To Set Down Regulations. 
The council of ministers may from time to time and with the approval ofRis Majesty 
the King set down the regulations which are necessary for the carrying into effect of 
this law in general and the following objectives in particular: 
1. Fixing the fees payable under this law. 
2. Classifying goods for the purpose of registration of trademarks or for requiring the 
submission of copies such as these. 
3. Regulating the performance of the office in general in relation to trademarks and all 
things by this law placed under the direction or control of the registrar. 
Article (45) Official Fees 
1. There shall be paid in respect of applications and registrations and other matters 
under this law such fees as may be prescribed by regulations. 
2. All fees collected in accordance with such regulations shall be paid to the registrar, 
who shall in turn pay them into the Ministry of Finance. 
Article (46) Abrogation 
1. The Jordanian Trademarks Law of 1930 and all its amendments are hereby 
abrogated. 
2. The Palestinian Trademarks Law NO.35 for the year 1938 and all its amendments 
are hereby abrogated. 
3. All Jordanian and Palestinian legislations promulgated before the enactment of this 
law shall be abrogated to the extent to which these legislations are repugnant to the 
provisions ofthis law. 
Article (47) 
The Prime Minister, the Minister of commerce and the minister of justice are hereby 
charged with the enforcement of this law. IP/N/1/JORlT/1 
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ARTICLE (1) Law No. (34) For The Year 1999 
The Law Amending the Trademarks Law 
This Law shall be known as (The Law Amending The Trademarks Law For 
The Year 1999), and shall be read in conjunction with the Law No. (33) For 
The Year 1952, referred to hereinafter as the Original Law, as one Law. This 
Law shall come into force thirty days after the date of its publication in the 
Official Gazette. 
ARTICLE (2) 
Article (2) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (2) 
The following words and phrases, wherever mentioned in this Law shall have 
the meanings designated hereunder, unless otherwise indicated by context: 
Ministry 
Minister 
Registrar 
Register 
Trade Mark Ministry of Industry and Trade. 
Minister of Industry and Trade. 
The Trademarks Registrar. 
The Trade Marks Register. 
Any clear sign, used or shall be used, by any person to 
distinguish his goods, products or services from the 
goods, products, or services of others. 
Well-Known Trademark: 
The trademark with an international reputation, which 
reputation exceeds the original country where it is 
registered, and is known to the relevant sector of the 
public in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 
Collective Trademark: 
The trademark used by a juridical person to certify that 
the source of goods, the materials it is produced from, its 
quality, the method of its production, the accuracy 
applied in its manufacture, or any other distinctions or 
characteristics for those goods, are not manufactured by 
the said person. ARTICLE (3) IP/N/1/JORlTIl 
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Article (3) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (3) 
1. A Register known as "The Trademarks Register" shall be established 
at the Ministry, under the supervision of the Registrar, in which 
records shall be maintained of all information related to trademarks, 
names of owners thereof, their addresses, and whatever occurred on 
such trademarks of the following: -
A-Any assignment, transfer of ownership, or license to use the 
trademark granted by the trademark owner to others. The 
provisions of confidentiality in the licensing contract shall be 
excluded from registration. 
S-The hypothecation or attachment placed upon a trademark or any 
restriction on its use. 
2. The Register shall be available for the public in accordance with 
Instructions issued by the Minister for this purpose, which shall be 
published in the Official Gazette. 
3. The Ministry may maintain computerized records for the registration of 
trademarks and related data thereto; such documents and data 
retrieved therefrom and certified by the Registrar shall be valid proof 
against others. 
ARTICLE (4) 
Paragraph (1) of Article (7) of the Original Law shall be repealed and 
replaced with the following text: 
1. A trademark shall be registered if it has distinctive characteristics in 
terms of names, letters, numerals, figurative elements, colors, or other 
characteristics, or any combination thereof, and is visually perceptible. 
ARTICLE (5) 
Article (8) of the Original Law shall be amended by adding paragraph (12) at 
the end of the Article: 
12. A Trademark identical or similar or which constitutes a translation of a 
well-known trade mark, to be used to distinguish goods similar to or 
identical to those of the well-known trademark, which shall create 
confusion therewith, or to be used for other than the similar or identical 
goods in a manner likely to cause damage to the interests of the 
owner of the well-known trademark, and that indicates a connection IP/N/1/JORlT/1 
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between those goods and the owner of the trademark. Also marks 
similar to or identical to armorial bearings, flags, 
other emblems, names or abbreviations of international or regional 
organizations, or those which offend the historical, Arab and Islamic 
value. 
ARTICLE (6) 
Article (10) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (10) 
Collective Trade Marks 
1. The Registrar may register a collective trademark if it complies with 
the description stated in paragraph (1) of Article (7) of this Law.,For a" 
purposes, such mark shall be considered the trademark of the juridical 
person registered under its name. 
2. A collective trademark shall not be transferred or registered anew 
after it is cancelled, or abandoned, unless it is registered anew for the 
same juridical person or his legal successors. 
3. Emblems taken up by an entity of public benefit, or used by a 
vocational institution to distinguish its correspondence, or to be a sign 
for its members, may be registered as trademarks for non-commercial 
purposes. Such marks shall be considered as collective marks. 
4. The conditions for registering collective marks and all regulatory 
matters related thereto shall be determined in Instructions issued by 
the Minister for this purpose, which shall be published in the Official 
Gazette. 
ARTICLE (7) 
Article (19) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (19) 
1. The ownership of a trademark may be transferred, assigned, or 
hypothecated without the transfer, assignment, or hypothecation of the 
business to which the trademark is used to distinguish its goods. An 
attachment may also be placed upon the trademark independently 
from the business. 
2. The ownership of a trademark shall be transferred with the transfer of 
the ownership of the business if they are strongly connected, unless 
agreed otherwise. IP /N/lIJORlT 11 
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3. If the ownership of the business is transferred without the transfer of 
the ownership of the trademark, the transferor of ownership may 
continue to use the trademark in respect of the goods for which the 
trademark is registered. 
4. The transfer of ownership of a trademark, or its hypothecation shall be 
deemed as valid proof against third parties from the date of recording 
the transfer, or marking the hypothecation in the Register, which shall 
be published in the Official Gazette. 
5. The procedures of transfer of ownership of a trademark, its 
hypothecation, attachment and any other legal acts related thereto, 
shall be determined in Instructions issued by the Minister for this 
purpose, which shall be published in the Official Gazette. 
ARTICLE (8) 
Article (20) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (20) 
Duration of Registration: 
1. The ownership of trademark rights shall be for a term of ten years from 
the date of registration. The registration may be renewed for an equal 
period in accordance with the provisions of this Law. 
2. Trademarks registered or renewed prior to the date the provisions of 
this Law came into force shall be renewed upon expiration for a term 
of ten years. 
ARTICLE (9) 
Article (21) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (21 ) 
Renewal of the Registration Term 
1. The Registrar shall renew the registration of a trademark upon the 
request of its owner in accordance with the provisions of this Law. 
2. If the trademark owner does not request for renewal of the trademark 
within one year from the expiration date, its registration shall be 
automatically canceled from the Register. Others shall be entitled to 
file for registering such trademark after the elapse of another year. 
3. The owner of a trademark deemed to be canceled shall be entitled to 
apply for registration anew at any time, unless such trademark had 
been registered under the name of another person. IP/N/1/JORlT/l 
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ARTICLE (10) 
Article (22) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (22) 
1. Subject to Article (26) of this Law, any person with an interest, may 
request from the Registrar to cancel the registration of any trademark 
registered under the name of another, if the latter did not actually use 
the trademark for three consecutive years preceding the request, 
unless the trademark owner proves that non-use was due to special 
commercial circumstances or to valid reasons that prevented its use. 
2. The use of a registered trademark by others with the authorizatiqn of 
its owner is considered as use for the continuation of its registration 
according to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article. 
3. The Registrar, before issuing his decision regarding the request for 
cancellation, shall allow the disputing parties to place their pleadings. 
The Registrar's decision may be subject to appeal to the High Court of 
Justice. 
ARTICLE (11) 
Article (26) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (26) 
1.A. The owner of a legally registered trademark shall have an exclusive 
right to use such trademark. He shall also have the right to prevent 
others not having his prior consent from using identical or similar 
trademarks to those in respect of which the trademark is registered, 
where such use would result in a likelihood of confusion. In case of the 
use of an identical trademark for identical goods, a likelihood of 
confusion shall be presumed. 
B. The owner of a well known trademark, even if not registered, may 
petition the competent court to prevent others from using such mark on 
identical products or services, or non identical products or services 
provided that the use of such trademark would indicate a connection 
between those products or services and those of the well-known 
trademark, and that the interests of the trademark owner are likely to 
be damaged as a result of such use. In case of the use of an identical 
trademark for identical products, a likelihood of confusion shall be 
presumed. 
C. Where two persons or more are the registered owners of one 
trademark (or a mark very similar thereto) for the same products, none 
of them shall have the right to use such mark individually according to 
the registration (except to the extent determined by the Registrar or by IP/N/lIJORlTIl 
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the High Court of Justice). Otherwise, each of them shall be entitled to 
the same rights as if he is the sole owner of such trademark. 
2. The trademark owner may license to one or more persons to use his 
trademark, for all or some of his/their goods, pursuant to a written 
contract recorded with the Registrar. The owner of such trademark 
shall have the right to continue to use it unless otherwise agreed. The 
period of the license to use the trademark shall not exceed the period 
of its protection according to the registration thereof. 
3. The procedures for registering the licensing contract, its renewal, and 
the geographical area designated for its application, its assignment, 
cancellation and any other matters related thereto, shall be 
determined by Instructions issued by the Minister, which shall be 
published in the Official Gazette. 
ARTICLE (12) 
Article (34) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (34) 
1. No one shall have the right to file a lawsuit for damages, for any 
infringement upon a non-registered trademark in the Kingdom, but 
may file an application with the Registrar to nullify a trademark 
registered in the Kingdom by a person not owning such trademark, 
after being registered abroad, if the reasons alleged were the reasons 
mentioned in paragraphs (6,7,10,12) of Article (8) of this Law. 
2. The decision issued by the Registrar according to the provisions of 
this Article may be appealed to the High Court of Justice within sixty 
days from the date of its notification. 
ARTICLE (13) 
Article (38) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (38) 
1. Anyone committing, with intent of fraud, any of the following acts, 
shall be subject to imprisonment for not less than three months and 
not more than one year, or a fine not less than A Hundred Jordanian 
Dinars and not more than Three Thousand Jordanian Dinars, or both 
penalties :-
A. Forged a trademark registered according to the provisions of this 
Law, or counterfeited it in a manner that would mislead the public, 
or labeled inside the Kingdom a forged or counterfeited trademark 
on the same class of goods for which the trademark is registered. IP/NI1/JORlTI 1 
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B. Unlawfully used a trademark owned by others on the,same class of 
goods for which the trademark is registered. 
C. Sold or acquired for the purpose of selling, or offered for sale, 
goods bearing a trademark, the use of which is considered a crime 
according to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this Article, if he had 
previous knowledge of the same. 
2. Notwithstanding what is stated in paragraph (1) of this Article, 
persons selling, offering for sale, or acquiring for the purpose of 
selling, goods bearing a trademark, the use of which is considered a 
crime according to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of this 
Article, shall be fined of not less than Fifty Jordanian Dinars and not 
more than Five Hundred Jordanian Dinars. 
3. The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply on whoever 
attempts, assists, or provokes committing any of the acts provid~d for 
in the mentioned paragraph. 
ARTICLE (14) 
Article (39) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (39) 
1. Upon filing a civil or criminal lawsuit or during the course of the 
lawsuit, the owner of a trademark registered in the Kingdom, may 
petition the court for the following, provided that the petition is 
attached with a bank guaranty or a cash deposit accepted by the 
court: 
A-Cease the infringement. 
S-Place a provisional seizure on the products subject to infringement 
wherever found. 
C-Preserve the evidence related to the infringement. 
2.A. The owner of a trademark alleged of being infringed may, prior to filing 
a civil or criminal lawsuit, petition the court to take any of the 
measures provided for in paragraph (1) of this Article, without notifying 
the counter-party, if he proves that he is the right holder of the 
trademark and that his rights had been infringed upon, or that such 
infringement is imminent and is likely to cause damages of irreparable 
harm, or where there is a demonstrable risk of evidence being 
disappeared or destroyed, provided that such petition is attached with 
a bank guaranty or a cash deposit accepted by the court. The 
defendant or the accused, as the case may be, may challenge this 
decision within eight days of notification or acknowledgement thereof. 
B. If the trademark owner fails to file the lawsuit within eight days from 
the date the court approves his petition, all measures taken in this 
regard shall be nullified. IP/NIlIJORlTIl 
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3. The defendant or the counter-party may claim just compensation if the 
court proves that the plaintiff's claims are invalid, or if the plaintiff fails 
to file the lawsuit within the specified period. 
4. The court may order seizure of the goods, packaging, rolling and 
advertising materials, portraits, seals, and other tools and materials 
mainly used for printing the trademark on goods, or which are used for 
committing the infringement, or resulted therefrom. The court may also 
order destruction of such, or use of such outside the channels of 
commerce. 
ARTICLE (15) 
Article (41) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (41) 
1. If the Kingdom is a party to a bilateral international agreement or an 
international convention which provides reciprocal protection to 
registered trademarks in any of those States, any national of a 
member state in the agreement or the convention may file an 
application with the Registrar to protect his trademark. He shall also 
have a priority right to any preceding applicant who has filed an 
application to register this trademark in the Kingdom, provided that he 
files the application with the Registrar within six months from the day 
following the date of filing at the competent authority in his country. In 
such case, the date of registration in the Kingdom shall be the date of 
filing the application for registering the trademark in that country. 
However, he shall not be entitled to file a civil or criminal lawsuit prior 
to the actual date in which his trademark is registered in the Kingdom. 
2. The provisions regulating temporary protection of trademarks on 
goods displayed in national or international exhibitions held in the 
Kingdom shall be specified in a Regulation issued for this purpose. 
Such temporary protection shall not result in extending the priority 
periods stated in the previous paragraph. 
ARTICLE (16) 
The Original Law shall be amended by adding Article (43) thereto, and 
Articles (43) -(47) stated therein shall be renumbered to become (44) -(48) 
respectively: 
Article (43) 
All conditions and proviSions stated in this Law in relation to trademarks, 
which distinguish goods or products, shall be applied on trademarks, which 
distinguish services. IP/N/1/JORlTII 
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ARTICLE (17) 
Article (47) of the Original Law shall be repealed and replaced with the 
following text: 
Article (47) 
The Prime Minister and the Ministers shall be responsible for implementing 
the provisions of this Law. 