Key legal question
Whether the sign COLORADO is misleading for clothing and leather goods because it suggests U.S. geographic origin.
Extracted holding
Yes. The overall impression of the mark evokes the U.S. state of Colorado and misleads if the goods do not originate there.
Extracted reasoning
Swiss consumers associate Colorado with a specific U.S. place; the pictorial element reinforces the geographic meaning; for such goods, origin must be true to avoid deception.