Judgment_paragraph 32 · Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-316/03)

32Furthermore, according to the case-law, as regards signs or indications which may serve to designate the geographical origin of the categories of goods in relation to which registration of the mark is applied for, especially geographical names, it is in the public interest that they remain available (Joined Cases C-108/97 and C-109/97 Windsurfing Chiemsee [1999] ECR I-2779, paragraph 26, and Case T-295/01 Nordmilch v OHIM (OLDENBURGER) [2003] ECR II-4365, paragraph 30). That case-law is also applicable to services.

Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-316/03)

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