25However, Article 3(1 )(c) of the Directive pursues an aim which is in the public interest, namely that descriptive signs or indications relating to the categories of goods or services in respect of which registration is applied for may be freely used by all, including as collective marks or as part of complex or graphic marks. Article 3(1 )(c) therefore prevents such signs and indications from being reserved to one undertaking alone because they have been registered as trade marks.
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