Jordan was the first among the Middle East countries to issue an electronic transactions law. The Law (No. 85 of 2001) regulates electronic contracts and electronic signature and gives a certain value to e-business transactions.
Although the Law was a step in the right direction towards regulating electronic commerce in Jordan, and in conformity with King Abdullah’s directions to qualify Jordan to become an important Internet and IT hup, the solutions it presents are still far from expectations.
Cyberspace poses serious challenges to traditional legal theories such as the conflict that arises between domain names and trademarks, or what has been known as cybersquatting. Cybersquatting is the act of registering famous trademarks as domain names in order to sell these domain names to the rightful trademark owner.
This article attempts to answer an important question:
Is the Jordanian Trademark Law No. 34 of 1999 in its current situation capable of dealing with the cybersquatting phenomenon?