Judgment_paragraph 33 · M/S. Indeutsch International v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-20/16)

33It that respect, it must be borne in mind that the registration of a mark in a public register has the aim of making it accessible to the competent authorities and to the public, particularly to economic operators. Thus, that registration allows the competent authorities to know with clarity and precision the nature of the signs of which a mark consists, so that they are able to fulfil their obligations in relation to the prior examination of registration applications, and it allows users of the registry to access the graphic representation of the mark determining its precise nature (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 December 2002, Sieckmann, C‑273/00, EU:C:2002:748, paragraphs 49, 50 and 52).