With the signing of the FTA, Jordan has made several commitments to intellectual property rights which will build upon the intellectual property rights commitments made when Jordan became a member of the World Trade Organization. Jordan has agreed to accede to:

• Articles 1-14 of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.
• Articles 1-23 of the WIPO Performances and Phonographs Treaty.
• Articles 1-22 of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.

• Articles 1-6 of the Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks.

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (1984).
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registrations of Marks (1989).

Under Article 4 of the FTA, the United States and Jordan have agreed to take measures related to certain regulated products, particularly in the area of “approving the marketing of pharmaceuticals or agricultural chemical products that utilize new chemical entities” and protecting the information against disclosure and unfair commercial use.

Article 4 also addresses copyright, trademark and geographical indications, patent obligations as well as enforcement of IPR under the FTA.

The United States and Jordan also have issued a Memorandum of Understanding on IPR issues, which discusses additional IPR issues such as clarifying items under Article 4 of Jordan’s Patent Law and increasing criminal penalties.

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