38According to settled case-law, just as distinctive character is one of the general conditions for registering a trade mark under Article 3(1)(b) of Directive 2008/95, distinctive character acquired through use means that the mark must serve to identify the product or service covered by that mark as originating from a particular undertaking, and thus to distinguish that product or service from goods of other undertakings (Joined Cases C‑108/97 and C‑109/97 Windsurfing Chiemsee EU:C:1999:230, paragraph 46, and Case C‑299/99 Philips EU:C:2002:377, paragraph 35).
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