47As a preliminary matter, it should be emphasised that as regards signs or indications which may serve to designate the geographical origin or destination of the categories of goods, or the place of performance of the categories of services, in respect of which the protection of an international registration designating the European Community is sought, especially geographical names, it is in the public interest that they remain available, not least because they may be an indication of the quality and other characteristics of the categories of goods or services concerned, and may also, in various ways, influence consumer tastes by, for instance, associating the goods or services with a place that may give rise to a favourable response (see, to this effect, judgment of 25 October 2005 in Peek & Cloppenburg v OHIM (Cloppenburg), T‑379/03, ECR, EU:T:2005:373, paragraph 33 and the case-law cited).
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