Jordan is off to a busy and productive year from an intellectual property standpoint. Starting late in December of 2016, the Jordanian Council of Ministers approved the accession of the Kingdom into the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), allowing the country to join 151 other member-states in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) union. On March 9, 2017 Ms. Saja Majali, Jordan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, officially deposited the country’s instrument of accession to the PCT, allowing Jordan to become the 152nd Contracting State of the PCT. This move gave the Kingdom an official starting date: On June 9, 2017, Jordan will officially become bound by the PCT.
