https://www.icann.org/resources/country-territory-names
I have read the entire judgement and beside the fact you can not register the name of a country, he had not also the right to register a trademark from the beginning.
I have read the entire judgement and beside the fact you can not register the name of a country, he had not also the right to register a trademark from the beginning.
You'd still need to avoid a false impression of origin for your chairs, but it could work if they're actually from France, you provide an alternate association for the word France in your context ("From Mr. France himself, your Kentucky neighbor since 1993!"), or just include in your branding/advertising enough clarity on where the chairs are from.
> Defendants knew that they did not, and do not, have a right to the word "France," as evidenced by Defendant Atout France's US Trademark Registration No. 4027580, filed in 2009, in which Defendant expressly disclaimed the exclusive right to the word "France."
Whereas for a country name like France, people assume much less about the purveyor of a good simply based on that kind of a reference in its name.