The Complainant has not filed any evidence of use of the geographical indication MADRID as a registered trademark or service mark. In the absence of substantial proof of acquired distinctiveness or secondary meaning displacing the significance of the geographical indication, a geographical indicator does not serve as a trademark or service mark distinguishing the wares or services of the owner from those of others
Madrid.com - לא של מדריד
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The Complainant has not filed any evidence of use of the geographical indication MADRID as a registered trademark or service mark. In the absence of substantial proof of acquired distinctiveness or secondary meaning displacing the significance of the geographical indication, a geographical indicator does not serve as a trademark or service mark distinguishing the wares or services of the owner from those of others
The Complainant has not filed any evidence of use of the geographical indication MADRID as a registered trademark or service mark. In the absence of substantial proof of acquired distinctiveness or secondary meaning displacing the significance of the geographical indication, a geographical indicator does not serve as a trademark or service mark distinguishing the wares or services of the owner from those of others