News in a recent email from good friends SMAS contains news of new trade mark regulations in Jordan. As the item does not appear on the SMAS website, this part of the Empty Quarter is taking the liberty of reproducing it here:
- a Power of Attorney submitted in support of an application to record an assignment, pledge, or security interest should be no more than a year old when the application is submitted.
- the Trade Mark Office now require certified copies of both the assignor's and the assignee's 'Commercial Register' each of less than a week old when an assignment aplication is filed.
"New Trademark Regulations in Jordan
We would like to draw your attention that
in accordance to Article 19 Paragraph 5 of the Jordanian Trademarks Law No. 33
of the year 1952 and its amendments, the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and
Trade issued the Regulations for filing a recordal of assignment, pledge and
security interest of a trademark registration under No. 55 for the year 2014
effective from 1 April 2014.
According to the new regulations, a duly
legalized Power of Attorney specified for the legal procedure should be
submitted along with the recordal of assignment, pledge or security interest
within one year from the date of signing the Power of Attorney.
Further, in relation to the recordal of
assignment of a trademark registration, both parties should submit a certified
copy of their Company’s Commercial Register, and the date of issuance the same
should not exceed one week prior filing the recordal of assignment with the
Jordanian Trademarks Office.
Should you need any assistance and/or
information in respect of the above matter, please do not hesitate to contact
us at Jordan@smas-ip.com
SMAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"
If this part of the Empty Quarter is reading this news correctly then:
- a Power of Attorney submitted in support of an application to record an assignment, pledge, or security interest should be no more than a year old when the application is submitted.
- the Trade Mark Office now require certified copies of both the assignor's and the assignee's 'Commercial Register' each of less than a week old when an assignment aplication is filed.
To this part of the Empty Quarter both of these requirements seem unnecessarily stringent and require more work to be done in less time which will cost rights holders more than before which is not welcome news.
Update: News on the same issue from good friends AGIP on their website here and from good friends Saba & Co on their website here.
Update: News on the same issue from good friends AGIP on their website here and from good friends Saba & Co on their website here.
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