Judgment_paragraph 49 · Marques de l’État de Monaco (MEM) v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (T-197/13)

49However, in principle Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 does not 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 or services concerned originates there or was conceived of there (see Cloppenburg, cited in paragraph 47 above, EU:T:2005:373, paragraph 36 and the case-law cited).