43It is also apparent from the case-law that the fact that a sign has been designated as a figurative mark does not prevent the Board of Appeal from finding, on the basis of the practical experience generally acquired from the marketing of the goods covered by the registration application, that there is a surface pattern (see, to that effect, judgment of 19 September 2012, Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red, T‑50/11, not published, EU:T:2012:442, paragraph 51).
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