Montenegro trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Montenegro, from official sources. Signa does not sync the Directorate for Internal Market and Competition, Ministry of Economic Development register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Montenegro.
Search the Directorate for Internal Market and Competition, Ministry of Economic Development register
We could not confirm Directorate for Internal Market and Competition, Ministry of Economic Development's online search tool from official sources. Start at the office website.
Office website: https://www.gov.me/mek
Register a trademark in Montenegro
What Directorate for Internal Market and Competition, Ministry of Economic Development requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at the Ministry of Economic Development (intellectual property directorate); Madrid designation
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Opposition
- 90 days from publication of the application in the official gazette; the time limit cannot be extended (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- Foreign natural and legal persons must be represented before the office by a representative entered in the office's register of representatives or by a lawyer entered in the roll of the Bar Association of Montenegro (Law on Trademarks).
- After publication, anyone may also send written observations on absolute grounds within 90 days; those who do are not parties to the procedure.
- The office must revoke a registered mark, wholly or in part, that has not been genuinely used in Montenegro without proper reason for an uninterrupted five years from registration or from its last use.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Montenegro is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2006-06-03, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for Montenegro
IPOM records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating Montenegro are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover Montenegro in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=MESearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Montenegro
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=ME" \
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.