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

Judgment of 7 Jun 2005

law://eu/cjeu/2003/t-316-03/para_33@2026-11-12

33That is all the more so in the field of financial services, in which the place name is normally used and understood as a reference to the principal place of business of the undertaking supplying the services in question and, therefore, to the place from which they are generally supplied. Other possible meanings for that geographical indication are without relevance since, according to the case-law, it is sufficient if at least one of its possible meanings designates a characteristic of the goods or services concerned (see OHIM v Wrigley, paragraph 32).

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

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