All national trademark registrations valid in Serbia as of May 28, 2008 (cut-off date) will be automatically valid in Montenegro. No revalidation of these rights is required and trademark owners are under no obligation to establish the validity of their rights in Serbia, because all existing rights as of the cut-off date have been copied from the database of Serbian IP Office to the database of Montenegro IP Office.
Serbian applications pending as of the cut-off date may be re-filed in Montenegro with original Serbian filing date preserved if re-filed by November 28, 2008.









Vol. 53, June 2010