Rules Amended for Obtaining a Certificate of Registration in Montenegro - SD PETOSEVIC

Special to ag-IP-news Agency

PODGORICA, MONTENEGRO -  The Montenegro Intellectual Property Office announced on June 17, 2008 that it no longer accepts copies of Serbian filing/validity certificates for obtaining a certificate of registration in Montenegro.

In order to obtain a certificate of registration in Montenegro, an original or a certified copy of a Serbian filing/validity certificate is now required.

Until June 17th, and according to the Montenegrin Decree on Intellectual Property (IP) enforcement, a copy was sufficient.

The deadline for filing the original or the certified copy of a Serbian filing/validity certificate is 30 days from filing the request for a certificate of registration.

Most importantly, the IP right holders who already submitted copies of the Serbian filing/validity certificate will have to re-submit the original or a certified copy of the filing/validity certificate within one month from the notification of this change of rule, i.e, by July 17, 2008.

SD PETOSEVIC provides a full range of intellectual property services in Eastern Europe, including the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR). The firm currently has offices in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.