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IP/N/1/MNE/U/2  
 
7 April 2022  
(22-2793)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
MONTENEGRO : LAW ON PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRET  
Notifying Member  MONTENEGRO  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law on Protection of Trade Secret  
Subject matter  Undisclosed information  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/MNE/22_2618_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/MNE /U/1 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The law regulates the civil protection of trade secrets against their unlawful acquisition, use and 
disclosure. It prescribes a definition of trade secret, situations in which acquisition, use or disclosure 
of a trade secret shall be considered lawful or unlawful, provisional measures that the competent 
court may order against the alleged infringer, as well as measures resulting from a decision on the 
merits of the case.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  8 January 2022  
Other date   Publication: 31 December 2021  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  4 April 2022  
Other information   IP/N/1/MNE/10 • IP/N/1/MNE/U/2  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Economic Development of Montenegro  
Rimski trg 46  
81000 Podgorica  
Montenegro  
 
Website:  https://www.gov.me/en/mek  
 
Email:  nebojsa.mugosa@mek.gov.me  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  