I. General Overview
Area: 89,000 square kilometers
Population: 11.3 million (including Palestinian, Syrian, and Iraqi refugees). 98% of the population is Arab, with smaller numbers of Circassians, Turkmen, and Armenians. Islam is the state religion, with 92% of residents identifying as Sunni, and 2% as Shia and Druze. Christians, primarily Greek Orthodox, account for approximately 6%.
The main economic data for the first half of 2023 are as follows:
GDP growth rate: 2.7%.
GDP per capita: approximately US$4,134.
Total foreign exchange reserves: US$17.1 billion.

II. Treaty Membership
1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention)
Accession: 1972

2. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Accession: 2017

Jordan has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol, nor has it joined the Hague Agreement. Therefore, Jordanian trademarks and designs can only be applied for directly, but patents can be applied for directly or extended from the mainland.

III. Trademark Application Procedure and Required Documents
1. Trademark Registrable Elements and Types
Elements that can be registered as trademarks in Jordan include: text, graphics, symbols, slogans, three-dimensional logos, color combinations, etc.
The types of trademarks that can be registered in Jordan include: trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks, and certification trademarks.

2. Filing Routes
1) National filing (direct filing)
2) Madrid International Registration

2. Required Documents
⦁ Name and address of applicant
⦁ List of goods and/or services
⦁ Clear representation of the mark
⦁ Notarized and legalized power of attorney
⦁ If a priority is claimed, a certified copy of the priority document and its Arabic translation need to be submitted

4. Application Process
Filing: the 11th edition of Nice Classification is adopted; multiple-class applications are not allowed; the first-to-file principle is followed.
Examination: formal examination and substantive examination
Publication/Opposition: the opposition period is 3 months
Registration: It takes about 14-15 months from filing to registration (if smooth).

5. Protection Period and Renewal
The validity period is 10 years from the date of application and can be renewed for 10 years each time before expiration.

6. Assignment
Only registered trademarks can be assigned, and a notarized and legalized assignment agreement and a notarized and legalized power of attorney must be provided, and the processing period is approximately 1 year.

7. Chang of Name/Address
Only registered trademarks can be changed, and a notarized and legalized proof of change and a notarized and legalized power of attorney must be provided, and the processing period is approximately 1 year.

8. Cancellation
Non-use Cancellation: If a trademark has not been used for three consecutive years, any interested party may file a cancellation request for the non-used trademark.

IV. Trademark application statistics *:
A: Statistics on total trademark applications:
2020: 6,156
2021: 7,764
2022: 7,942
B: Statistics of trademark applications from China:
2020:307
2021:464
2022:414