(WIPO code: ME) (last revised May 2023)
by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland and MIKIJELJ JANKOVIC & BOGDANOVIC, Belgrade, Serbia
Montenegro
General Information
Area
13,812 sq. km.
Population
602,445 (2023).
Capital
Podgorica.
Official language
Montenegrin.
Currency
Euro (EUR).
General Remarks
Montenegro was one of the six republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It became an independent state on June 3, 2006.
Montenegro established its own IP Office in May 2007 and it started operating on May 28, 2008.
The economy of Montenegro is mainly based on tourism and commerce, with a less developed industry based mainly on bauxite and forestry.