35In those circumstances, in the light of the case-law recalled in paragraph 31 above, OHIM should have used all the means available to it in connection with its power to verify in order to obtain information about the applicable national law and to carry out further research into the wording and scope of the provisions of national law relied on, in the light of the arguments submitted by the applicant, either of its own motion or by inviting the applicant to corroborate its claims concerning the definition of the relevant public for the purposes of Paragraph 4(2) of the Markengesetz (see, on the latter point, the Opinion of Advocate General Bot in OHIM v National Lottery Commission, C‑530/12 P, ECR, EU:C:2013:782, paragraphs 66 and 87).
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