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Standards and related documents (technical specifications, technical reports, instructions, etc.), as unofficial texts (as opposed to official texts that do not have copyright protection), are original and unique copyrighted works protected by the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. as well as copyright laws in their countries of origin.
According to Article 15 of the Law on Standardization, Montenegrin standards and related documents are published as special publications in paper or electronic form.

Copyright for Montenegrin standards and related documents belongs to the Institute in accordance with the law governing copyright and related rights.
Reproduction, in whole or in part, as well as the distribution of Montenegrin standards and related documents are permitted only with the consent and in accordance with the rules of the Institute.

The Institute, as a full member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), associate member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), associate member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), and as a national standard organization Institute of Telecommunications Standards (ETSI), has statutory, contractual and moral obligations to make efforts to promote and promote the legal use and prevention of unauthorized use of their copyrighted publications in Montenegro, as well as their business names ) and distinctive signs that are protected by trademarks (trademark rights).

The Institute has the right and obligation to take adequate commercial and other measures, and when necessary, legal action, to protect its intellectual property, the intellectual property of international and European standardization organizations, as well as the intellectual property of national standards bodies of foreign countries. The Institute has concluded appropriate commercial contracts or agreements.