IP/N/1/MNE/O/2  
 
8 April 2013  
(13-1782)  Page: 1/11  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
 
NOTIFICATION OF OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS  
AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2  
OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
MONTENEGRO  
This document reproduces the text1 of the Regulation on the Procedure of Granting, Changing, 
Renewing and Internationally Registering Trademarks, as notified by Montenegro on 21 February 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/MNE/1). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
 
AUTRES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
MONTÉNÉGRO  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement sur les procédures pour l'octroi, la 
modification, le renouvellement et l'enregistrement international des marques, notifié par le 
Monténégro le 21 février 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document 
IP/N/1/MNE/1). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  
OTRAS LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
M
ONTENEGRO  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento sobre las Actuaciones de la 
Autoridad Aduanera en relación con las Mercancías Sospechosas de ser Infractoras de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual, notificado por Montenegro el 21 de febrero de 2013 en virtud de lo 
dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 de l Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/MNE/1). 
 
                                               
1 In English only. The text in Montenegrin is available for consultation at the WTO Secretariat on 
request./En anglais seulement. Le texte en monténégrin peut être consulté, sur demande, auprès du 
Secrétariat de l'OMC./ En inglés solamente. El texto en mo ntenegrino se puede consultar, previa solicitud, en la 
Secretaría de la OMC. IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  Pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 8, Article 20 paragraph 3, Article 22 paragraph 3, Article 29 
paragraph 2, Article 35 paragraph 4, Article 36 paragraph 7, Article 37 paragraph 4, Article 40 paragraph 6, Article 42 paragraph 10 and Articl e 49 paragraph 9 of the Law on Trademarks 
(Official Gazette of Montenegro , No. 72/10), the Ministry of the Economy has issued the following 
REGULATION 
 
ON THE PROCEDURE OF GRANTING, CHAN GING, RENEWING AND INTERNATIONALLY 
REGISTERING TRADEMARKS 
 
(Official Gazette of Montenegro , No. 50/11 dated 21 October 2011)  
 
Subject Matter  
 
Article 1 
 
This Regulation defines in detail the contents and manner of keeping the Trademark Register and the application records, the detailed content of the application for the registration of a trademark, 
the content of the request for the issuance of a ce rtificate of the priority right and the content of 
the certificate of the priority right, the conten t of the data from the application  which are 
published in the Official Gazette, the detailed co ntent of the data on the registration of a 
trademark which are published in the Official Gazette, the detailed content of the request for the 
division of a trademark and the documentation required to be submitted with the request, the 
content of the request to enter changes in the Tr ademark Register and the documentation required 
to be submitted with the request, the detailed cont ent of the request for the entry of the transfer 
of a trademark  and the documentation required to be subm itted with the request, the content of 
the request for the renewal of the trademark and th e documentation required to be submitted with 
the request, and the content of the request for th e international registration of a trademark and 
the evidence required to be submitted with the request. 
 
Detailed Content and Manner of Keeping the Application Record  
 
Article 2 
 
Besides the data referred to in Article 5 paragrap h 3 of the Law on Trademarks (hereinafter: the 
Law), the following shall also be entered in the application records: 
 
1)  indications concerning the representative, if the application is being submitted through 
a representative; 
2)  indications concerning the joint representative, where there are several applicants; 3)  indications concerning the requested priori ty right referred to in Articles 23 and 24 of 
the Law; 
4)  a designation of the colors, where protection is being requested for a trademark in 
color; 
5)  indication whether the registration is being sought of an individual trademark or of a 
collective trademark; 
6)  indication whether the registration is being sought for a verbal trademark, a figurative 
trademark, a three-dimensional trademar k, a musical trademark, a trademark 
consisting of a single color or a combination of colors, or another type of trademark; 
7)  a transliteration of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 8)  a description of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 9)  a translation of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 
10)  the date of publication of the application; 
11)  any alterations in the application referred to in Article 21 paragraph 5 of the Law; 12)  indication concerning any opinion referre d to in Article 30 of the Law which has been 
filed; 
13)  indication concerning the opposition which has been filed. 
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  Besides the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, where a request for the international 
registration of a trademark has been submitted, th e number and date of filing of that request shall 
also be entered in the application records.  
The Application Record shall be kept in electronic form and contain data prescribed by law and this 
Regulation.  
Detailed Content and Manner of Keeping the Trademark Register  
 
Article 3 
 
Besides the data referred to in Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Law, the following shall also be entered 
in the Trademark Register:  
1)  indication concerning the representative, if the application is being filed through a 
representative; 
2)  indication concerning the joint representative, where there are several applicants; 
3)  indication concerning the recognized priori ty right: the date of the exhibition priority 
right, the date and number of the application which served as a basis for the recognition of an earlier priority right and the name of the country where that application had been filed; 
4)  a designation of the colors, where protection is being requested for a trademark in 
color; 
5)  indication whether the trademark is individual or collective; 
6)  indication whether the trademark is verbal, or figurative, or three-dimensional, or 
musical, or of a single color or a combination of colors, or another type of trademark; 
7)  a transliteration of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 
8)  a description of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 
9)  a translation of the trademark, if one is specified in the application; 10)  indication concerning the changes relating to a trademark: transfer of rights, licenses, 
pledges, levy of execution and bankruptcy; changes of the name and address of the 
holder of the trademark, the licensee, or th e pledge holder; a limitation of the list of 
goods and/or services, and other data of importance for the legal status of the trademark; 
11)  indication concerning the division of the trademark; 
12)  indication concerning the ceasing of the effect of the trademark, as well as the 
grounds for such ceasing of the effect of the trademark; 
13)  indication concerning the amendments of  the general act on the collective trademark; 
 
The Trademark Register shall be kept in electron ic form and contain data prescribed by law and 
this Regulation. 
 
Content of the Application for th e Registration of a Trademark  
 
Article 4 
 
The request for the registration of  a trademark, as a constituent part of the application, shall 
contain the following: 
 
1)  the name and address, or the title and the seat of the applicant; 2)  indication concerning the representative, if the application is being submitted through 
a representative; 
3)  indication concerning the joint representative, where there are several applicants; 4)  a representation of the trademark; 
5)  indication whether the application concerns an individual trademark or a collective 
trademark; 
6)  indication whether the application concerns a verbal trademark, a figurative 
trademark, a three-dimensional trademar k, a musical trademark, a trademark 
consisting of a single color or a combination of colors, or another type of trademark; 
7)  specification of the colors, where protection is requested for a trademark in color; 8)  a transliteration of the trademark, where the trademark contains elements written in a 
script which is not Latin or Cyrillic or numerals which are not Arabic or Roman; IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  9)  indication of the class of the goods and services according to the International 
Classification of Goods and Services; 
10)  indication concerning the requested priori ty right referred to in Articles 23 and 24 of 
the Law; 
11)  evidence of payment of the prescribed application fee; and 
12)  the signature and seal of the applicant or the applicant's representative.  
The request for the registration of a trademark may also contain the following: 
 1)  a description of the trademark, if the applicant desires to explain its meaning; and 2)  a translation of the trademark. 
 
The applicant may submit to the competent authorit y an additional copy of the request referred to 
in paragraph 1 of this Article, which the competent authority shall deliver to the applicant with 
specification of the date or receipt as confirmation that the application has been received.  
 To the request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article the following shall be attached: 
 
1)  the general act on a collective trademark, where protection of a collective trademark 
is sought; 
2)  a certificate on the priority right, translated into the Montenegrin language, issued by 
a competent authority of a member state of the Paris Union or a member state of the 
World Trade Organization, referred to in Arti cle 23 of the Law (Union priority right); 
and 
3) a certificate issued by a competent authority of a member state of the Paris Union or a 
member state of the World Trade Organization, translated into the Montenegrin language, referred to in Article 24 of the Law (exhibition priority right); 
 
The data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this  Article shall be entered in standard form Ž-1, 
which is a constituent part of this Regulation, or in a form containing the data referred to in that form. 
 
List of Goods and Services  
 
Article 5 
 
A list of goods and services to which the trademark relates shall be attached to the request 
referred to in Article 4 of this Regulation. 
 The goods and services shall be clearly designated and classified according to the International Classification of Goods and Services in that the number of the class shall first be specified, 
followed by the goods and services encompassed by that class. 
 The goods and services shall be desi gnated by their original titles. 
 
The goods and services which may be listed in two or more classes shall be designated in such a manner that it can be concluded from the formulation to which class they belong (if possible, by 
using the terminology employed in the International Classification of Goods and Services). 
 
Representation of the Trademark  
 
Article 6 
 
If the application requests for registration of a trademark consisting solely of letters, words, or 
numerals inscribed in standard fonts, or of combinations of the same, and which is not in any 
special graphical presentation or color, such  a trademark is deemed a verbal trademark. 
 
A verbal trademark shall be inscribed using a typewriter or a computer into the space provided for 
it on the request.  If the application requests for registration of a trademark containing graphic elements (drawings, 
images and similar), or where the applicant wishes a verbal trademark to be granted in a special IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  logotype form and the registration of another ty pe of trademark has not been requested, such a 
trademark shall be deemed a figurative trademark. A figurative trademark shall be displayed in the 
application by entering the trademark in the space provided for it on the form.  
The position in which the trademark has been displayed in the application form shall be deemed 
the correct spatial position of the trademark.  
A musical trademark shall be inscribed using musica l notation on a musical scale divided into bars 
and besides the clef also contain notes and pauses, as well as sharps and flats. 
 
If the application requests for registration of a three-dimensional trademark, a photograph or a 
drawing shall be attached to the application cont aining no more than six views of the trademark 
from different perspectives.  
A three-dimensional trademark is displayed in the application by entering a representation of the 
trademark in the space provided for it on the request.  
If the application requests for registration of a trademark consisting of one color or a combination 
of colors, the colors shall be specified and described in the request, together with the corresponding designation of the colors taken from  the internationally recognized system of color 
identification. If the application requests for registration of a trademark consisting of a 
combination of colors, the colors shall be systematically arranged according to a previously 
determined system.  
If the application requests for registration of a different type of trademark, it must be stated in the 
application which type of trademark is concerned.  Depending on the type of trademark, a graphic 
representation of the trademark shall be attached to the application which shall be clear, precise, 
self-contained, easily accessible, legible, durable and objective. 
 The representation of the trademark shall be done  in such a manner that it can fit in a square 
whose sides are 80 mm long, with the proviso that the distance between the two most distant 
points on the trademark (horizontally, vertically, or diametrically) may not be less than 15 mm. 
 The representation of the trademark shall be clear, done on good-quality paper and suitable for 
reproduction. No attachments, erasures, writing or covering with color shall be afterwards made to 
the representation of the trademark.  
If the application requests for registration of a trademark in color, the registration request shall 
contain a representation of the trademark in color.  If the application requests for registration of a trademark in color referred to in paragraph 12 of 
this Article, and the request contains a representati on of the trademark in black and white, it shall 
be deemed that the registration of a trademark in black and white has been requested.  
Where a trademark or a part of a trademark consists of characters not of the Latin or Cyrillic script 
or numerals which are not Arabic or Roman, a transliteration of the trademark or its part in Latin or Cyrillic letters or Arabic or Roman numerals shall be entered in the appropriate space in the 
request. 
 
Content of the Request for the Issuance of a Certificate of the Priority Right  
 
Article 7 
 
The request for issuing a certificate of the priority right shall contain the following: 
 
1)  a representation of the trademark identical to the trademark contained in the 
application for registration of the trademark; 
2)  a list of goods and/or services identical with the list of goods and/or services 
contained in the application for registration of the trademark; and 
3)  evidence of payment of the prescribed administrative fee for the issuance of the 
certificate. 
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  Content of the Certificat e of the Priority Right  
 
Article 8 
 
The certificate of the priority right shall contain the following: 
 1)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
2)  the number of the application (the "Ž" number) and the date of the filing of the 
application; 
3)  a representation of the trademark; 4)  the list of goods and/or services; and 
5)  indication that the data in the certificate are identical to the data in the application for 
the registration of the trademark. 
 
Content of the Data in the Application Published in the Official Gazette  
 
Article 9 
 
The following data from the application for the registration of a trademark shall be published in the official gazette of the competent authority:  
1)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 
2)  the application filing date; 3)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
4)  indication concerning the representati ve, where the application is filed through a 
representative;  
5)  indication concerning a joint representati ve, where there is more than one applicant; 
6)  indication concerning the requested priority right; 
7)  a representation of the trademark for which protection is being sought, and where 
protection is being sought for a trademark in color, also a specification of the colors; 
8)  a list of goods and services classified according to the International Classification of 
Goods and Services; 
9)  the date of the publication of the application; 10)  indication whether registration is sought of an individual trademark or a collective 
trademark; and 
11)  indication whether the registration is soug ht of a verbal, figurative, three-dimensional, 
or musical trademark, a trademark consisting of one color or of a combination of 
colors, or another type of trademark. 
 
The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Arti cle shall be marked using Internationally Agreed 
Codes for the Identification of Bibliographic Data (INID) determined by the World Intellectual 
Property Organization (hereinafter: WIPO). 
 
Detailed Content of the Data on Register ed Trademarks to be Published in the 
Official Gazette  
 
Article 10 
 
The following data on registered trademarks shal l be published in the official gazette of the 
competent authority: 
 
1)  the registration number of the trademark; 
2)  the date of entry in the Trademark Register; 3)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 
4)  the application filing date; 
5)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
6)  indication concerning the representati ve, where the application is filed through a 
representative; 
7)  indication concerning a joint representati ve, where there is more than one applicant; 
8)  indication concerning the requested priority right; 9)  a representation of the trademark for which protection is being sought, and where 
protection is being sought for a trademark in color, also a specification of the colors; IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  10)  a list of goods and services classified according to the International Classification of 
Goods and Services; 
11)  the publication date of the application; 12)  indication whether registration is sought of an individual trademark or a collective 
trademark; 
13)  indication whether registration is sought of a verbal, figurative, three-dimensional, or 
musical trademark, a trademark consisting of one color or of a combination of colors, 
or another type of trademark; 
14)  indication concerning opinions filed by other persons or oppositions filed after the 
publication of the application; 
15)  indication concerning the change of the name and address of the holder of the 
trademark; 
16)  the date up to which the trademark is valid; 17)  indication concerning the transfer of the trademark; 
18)  indication concerning the license, pledge, levy of execution and bankruptcy; 
19)  indication on the renewal of the trademark registration; 20)  indication on the amendments of the ge neral act on the collective trademark; and 
21)  indication on the ceasing of the effect of the trademark; 
 
The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be designated using INID codes.  
Detailed Content of the Request for Division of the Trademark  
 
Article 11 
 
Besides the data referred to in Article 36 paragraph 6 of the Law, the request for the division of a trademark shall also contain the following data: 
 
1)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 2)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
3)  indication concerning the representative, where the request is filed through a 
representative; 
4)  indication of the class or classes which are being divided, where the division of the 
trademark is being effected within a specific class or classes; and 
5)  the signature and seal of the holder of the trademark or his/her representative. 
 
In the division of a trademark the list of goods or  services of the divided trademark and the list of 
goods and services which remain in the original trademark shall be contained in the list of goods or 
services of the first trademark.  A copy of the files of the first trademark registrati on shall become an integral part of the files of 
the divided trademark, and a copy of the request for division shall become a part of the files of the 
first trademark registration.  
In the case of a division of goods or services by the transfer of the trademark in respect of specific 
goods and services for which the trademark is regist ered, division shall be effected by a copy of 
the files of the registered trademark becoming a pa rt of the files of the divided trademark, and a 
copy of the request for the transfer of certain good s and/or services and a copy of the contract on 
the transfer of certain goods and services becoming a part of the files of the first trademark registration.  
A new number shall be allotted to the divided trademark. 
 
Documentation to be Submitted with th e Request for Division of a Trademark  
 
Article 12 
 
The following shall also be submitted together with the request referred to in Article 11 
paragraph 1 of this Regulation:  
1)  a power of attorney, where the procedure for the division of a trademark is initiated 
through a representative; IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  2)  evidence of payment of the prescribed fee for the request for the division of the 
trademark; 
3)  evidence of payment of prescribed f ees for the divided trademark or trademarks, 
where there is more than one; and 
4)  a list of goods and services according to the classes specified in the request. 
 
Where the division of a trademark is being effected within a specific class or several classes, the 
holder of the trademark is required to attach to the request referred to in Article 11 paragraph 1 a 
list of goods and services which the divided trademark concerns, as well as a of goods and services which remain in the first registration. 
 
The provisions of Article 11 and the provisions of this Article shall apply accordingly to requests for 
division of a trademark application.  
Content of the Request for Entering Changes in the Trademark Register  
 
Article 13 
 
Requests for entering changes in the Trademark Register shall contain the following:  
1)  the registration number of the trademark; 
2)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 
3)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
4)  specification of the type of change (cha nge of name and address, a transfer of the 
trademark, license, pledge); 
5)  indication concerning the representative , where the request for entering changes is 
filed through a representative; and 
6)  the signature and seal of the applicant or the representative. 
 
The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be entered in standard form Ž-2, which is an integral part of this Regulation, or on a fo rm containing the data referred to in that form. 
 
Documentation to be Submitted with  the Request for Entering Changes  
 
Article 14 
 
The following shall be attached to the request referred to in Article 13 paragraph 1 of this 
Regulation: 
 1)  a power of attorney, where the procedure of entering changes is initiated through a 
representative; 
2)  evidence of payment of the prescribed f ee for the decision on the request for entering 
changes in the Trademark Register; and 
3)  evidence of payment of the prescribed f ee for the publication of the data entered in 
the Trademark Register. 
 
The entry of a change of a name and address relati ng to several trademarks may be sought by one  
request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, provided the registration numbers and 
application numbers ("Ž" numbers) are specified in the request.  The provisions of Article 13 shall apply accordin gly to requests for entering changes in the 
application concerning corrections of the name and/or address of the applicant, and corrections of 
errors in the text or copies, provided such changes do not affect an expansion of the list of goods and/or services. 
 
Detailed Content of the Request for En tering the Transfer of a Trademark  
 
Article 15 
 
A request for entering the transfer of a trademark shall contain the following:  
1)  the registration number of the trademark; IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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  2)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 
3)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
4)  specification that an entry of the transfer of a trademark is being sought; 5)  indication concerning the representative, where a request for entering the transfer of 
a trademark is filed through a representative; 
6)  evidence or payment of the prescribed f ee for the decision on the request for entering 
the transfer of a trademark; and 
7)  the signature and seal of the applicant, or the representative. 
 
Besides the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, where the entry of a license or pledge is being sought, the request shall also contain the following: 
 
1)  a specification of the right whose entry is being sought, and  2)  a specification of the numbers of classes of goods and services to which the right 
whose entry is being sought relates. 
 
The entry of a transfer of rights concerning se veral trademarks may be sought by one request 
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, provided the earlier and the new holders of the 
trademark rights are the same persons and that the registration numbers and trademark application numbers ("Ž" numbers) are specified in the request.  
T h e  e n t r y  o f  a  l i c e n s e  o r  a  p l e d g e  r e l a t i n g  t o  s e v e r a l  t r a d e m a r k s  m a y  a l s o  b e  s o u g h t  b y  o n e  
request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article,  provided that the holder of the rights and the 
licensee or pledge assignee are the same persons and the registration numbers and trademark 
application numbers ("Ž" numbers) are specified in the request. 
 The data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this  Article shall be entered in standard form Ž-2, 
which is an integral part of this Regulation, or on a form containing the data referred to in that 
form.  
Documentation to be Submitted with the Request  
 
Article 16 
 
Besides the data referred to in Article 40 paragrap h 3 of the Law, to a request for the entry of a 
transfer of a trademark, or a request for the entr y of a license or pledge, shall also be attached 
evidence of payment of the prescribed fee for th e publication of changes of data entered in the 
Trademark Register. 
 Where the transfer of a trademark is the result of a transfer contract, the following shall be 
attached to the request referred to in Article 15 paragraph 1 of this Regulation as proof of the legal 
basis of the transfer of the trademark whose entry is being sought: 
 
1)  a certified copy of the transfer contract, signed by the parties to the contract; 
2)  a certified excerpt from the transfer contract from which can be ascertained the 
identities of the parties to the contract and that a transfer of the trademark has been effected; or 
3)  the original of the certification on the tr ansfer of the trademark signed by the parties 
to the contract.¨ 
 
Where a transfer of a trademark is being conducted in the case of a consolidation of companies, to 
the request referred to in Article 15 paragraph 1 of th is Regulation shall be attached the original or 
a certified copy of the document issued by the competent authority which issues the decision on the consolidation of the companies. 
 
Where a transfer of the trademark has occurred pursuant to the law or on the basis of a court or an administrative decision, to the request referred to in Article 15 paragraph 1 of this Regulation 
shall be attached the original or a certified copy of the court decision, or another document 
certifying the change.  Where the entry of a license or pledge is being sought by the request, the following shall be 
submitted as proof of the legal basis: IP/N/1/MNE/O/2 
 
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1)  a certified excerpt from the license contract or pledge contract from which can be 
ascertained the identities of the parties to the contract and the rights licensed or pledged, and  
2) the original of the certificate granting a license or pledge signed by the license or 
pledge assigner and the assignee. 
 
Content of the Request for Renewal of a Trademark  
 
Article 17 
 
The request for the renewal of a trademark shall contain the following: 
 1)  the registration number of the trademark an d the date of expiration of the trademark; 
2)  the trademark application number (the "Ž" number); 
3)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
4)  indication concerning the representative, where the request was filed through a 
representative; 
5)  evidence of the payment of prescribed fees; and 6)  the signature and seal of the applicant.  
The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be entered in standard form Ž-3, which is 
an integral part of this Regulation, or on a fo rm containing the data referred to in that form.  
 
Documentation to be Submitted with th e Request for Renewal of a Trademark  
 
Article 18 
 
The following shall be submitted together with the request referred to in Article 17 paragraph 1 of this Regulation: 
 
1)  evidence of payment of the prescribed f ee for renewal of the trademark for a period of 
10 years, and 
2)  a power of attorney, where the request is filed by a representative. 
 
Content of the Request for International Registration of a Trademark  
 
Article 19 
 
Besides the data referred to in Article 49 paragraph 2 of the Law, a request for international registration of a trademark shall also contain the following: 
 
1)  indication concerning the applicant (name and address, or title and seat); 
2)  a contact address, if there is any; 
3)  indication concerning the representative, where a request for international registration 
of a trademark is being filed through a representative; 
4)  the number and date of the application an d the registration number of the trademark 
which serves as a basis for international registration; 
5)  indication concerning the requested priority right (the country, the date and the 
number of the first application, in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property); 
6)  a representation of the trademark, printe d by means of a computer or pasted onto the 
form, identical to the appearance of the trademark in the domestic application for registration of the trademark which serves as a basis for international registration; 
7)  the type of trademark; 
8)  a transliteration of the trademark (if it is not written in Latin or Cyrillic script); 9)  translation of the trademark into the English language (optional); 
10)  a specification of the colors and combination of colors (in English); 
11)  a list of goods and services, in the English language (if there is insufficient space, a 
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  12)  the countries for which protection is sought (to be specified by marking an 'x' in the 
shaded square). If any country is not included in the list, the applicant shall specify that country in an attachment submitted together with the request; 
13)  a list of all supplements filed together with form MŽ-1, and 
14)  the signature and seal of the applicant. 
 
A request for international registration of a trademark may also contain a description of the 
trademark, if one is included in the national application for registration of the trademark or the 
registration of the trademark which serves as a basis for international registration, as well as a translation of the trademark, if it is possible to translate it.  
The description and translation of the trademark may be given in the English language. 
 The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be entered in standard form MŽ-1, which is 
an integral part of this Regulation, or on a fo rm containing the data referred to in that form.  
 The data referred to in paragraph 1 items 4 to 7 of this Article must be identical to the data 
contained in the domestic application or the registration of the trademark which serves as a basis 
for international registration.  
Evidence Submitted with the Request for In ternational Registration of a Trademark  
 
Article 20 
 
The list of goods and services referred to in Article 49 paragraph 2 item 2 of the Law shall be 
submitted as an attachment to the request for intern ational registration of the trademark, if it is 
too long to be entered in the request for international registration of the trademark. 
 
The list of goods and services in the international trademark application should be identical with the list of goods and services in the national application which serves as a basis for international registration of the trademark. 
 
By exception from paragraph 2 of this Article, the list of goods and services in the international trademark application may be shorter than the list of goods and/or services in the application 
which serves as a basis for international registration of the trademark. 
 Where the applicant abandons protection of certain goods and services in one or more countries, 
he/she shall explicitly state so in the application. 
 
Effectiveness  
 
Article 21 
 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth day from the date of its publication in the 
Official Gazette of Montenegro . 
  
 
No: 0901-2056/4 Podgorica, 17
th October 2011 
 
 
 
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