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Main text(s) Main text(s) Montenegrin Zakon o patentima (Službeni list CG, 42/2015, 2/2017, 146/2021 i 3/2023)     

Legislation Amends (1 text(s)) Amends (1 text(s))

Law on the Enforcement of the Legislation that Regulates Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (Official Gazette of Republic of Montenegro, No. 45/2005, 37/2011, 40/2011, 18/2014, 42/2015 and 42/2016)  (ME058)

Supersedes (1 text(s)) Supersedes (1 text(s))

• Law on Patents (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 42/2015) (ME046)

Is amended by (1 text(s)) Is amended by (1 text(s))

• Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 146/2021) (ME056)

Is implemented by (2 text(s)) Is implemented by (2 text(s))

• Regulation on the Contents of the Registers, Applications and Other Submissions, Notification and Publication of Data in the Procedure for the Legal Protection of Inventions (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 8/2016) (ME051)
• Regulation on the Professional Examination for Representatives of Patents, Trademarks and Designs (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 67/2015) (ME053)

Treaties Relates to (6 records) Relates to (6 records)

• Paris Convention (March 20, 1883)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 19, 1970)
• European Patent Convention (October 5, 1973)
• Budapest Treaty (April 28, 1977)
• Agreement on the European Economic Area (May 2, 1992)
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (April 15, 1994)

Historical Versions Repeals (2 text(s)) Repeals (2 text(s))

• Law on Patents ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 66/2008, 40/2010 and 40/2011) (ME005)
• Regulation No. 230 of December 24, 2004, on the Procedure for Legal Protection of Inventions (ME039)