Jordan Trademark Certificate Legalization

Protecting American Brands in Jordan

American brands are familiar to Jordanian consumers, from restaurants and retail to software and industrial products. Jordan offers solid trademark protection, strengthened by the U.S.–Jordan Free Trade Agreement, but rights depend on Jordanian registration, not on a U.S. one. When brand owners file, oppose, record or enforce in Jordan, they often need an official USPTO copy of their U.S. registration legalized by the Embassy of Jordan.

National filing or Madrid

Trademarks in Jordan are registered by the Industrial Property Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply. Brand owners can file nationally through a Jordanian agent, claiming the U.S. filing date as priority if they file within six months, or designate Jordan through the Madrid system, which Jordan has joined. National filings and many later recordals are made by an agent holding a legalized power of attorney.

Where a U.S. registration helps

A legalized certified copy of the U.S. registration can support a priority claim, an opposition against a confusingly similar Jordanian application, a cancellation of a bad-faith registration, or a claim that a mark is well known, an area where the FTA reinforced protection. It also supports recordals of licenses, assignments and name changes, and requests to Jordan Customs to act against counterfeit imports at the border, which can be particularly effective for consumer goods entering through Aqaba.

Choosing and preparing the document

Order a certified copy of the registration, or a certified status and title copy showing the current owner, from the USPTO. Online printouts cannot be legalized. If the owner’s name or address has changed, or the mark has been assigned, record the change at the USPTO first, so the certified copy matches the owner named in Jordan.

Legalization

A USPTO certified copy is a federal record and needs no notary. We have it authenticated by the U.S. Department of State and legalized by the Embassy of Jordan in Washington, D.C., registering the request on the Jordanian MFA portal and supplying the second copy; the embassy usually finishes within about five working days. Jordan does not accept apostilles. Legalize your agent’s power of attorney in the same order to save time.