The Law on amendments published in the Official Gazettes of Montenegro Nos. 44/2012, 18/2014, 40/2014, 2/2017 brought numerous changes to the Montenegrin Law on Trademarks (“Official Gazette of Montenegro”, No. 72/2010) (“TM Law”). However, the new Law on Amendments of the Law on Trademarks which was published in the Official Gazette of Montenegro No. 3/2023 on January 10, 2023 and which entered into force on January 18, 2023, introduced significant novelties like no other before. The aim of the recent amendments is to harmonize national legislation with the legislation of the European Union, namely Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and the Council on harmonization of the legislation of member states on trademarks. Read more