Peek & Cloppenburg KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-379/03)

Judgment of 25 Oct 2005

law://eu/cjeu/2003/t-379-03/para_36@2026-11-14

36However, Article 7(1)(c) of the regulation does not in principle preclude the registration of geographical names which are unknown to the relevant class of persons — or at least unknown as the designation of a geographical location — or of names in respect of which, because of the type of place they designate, such persons are unlikely to believe that the category of goods concerned originates there or was conceived of there (see, by analogy, Windsurfing Chiemsee, paragraph 33).

Peek & Cloppenburg KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-379/03)

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