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August Storck KG has acquired a trademark package consisting of the traditional trademarks,
Rachengold and Atemgold, from the Karlsruhe confectioner, Ragolds. The purchase price for the
transaction, which has been cleared by the Federal Cartel Office, was not disclosed.
Partners Dr Heino Büsching (corporate), Dr Tim Reher (trademarks, competition) and associate
Petra Goldenbaum (trademarks) advised the client on behalf of CMS Hasche Sigle. Storck is Germany's
market leader for sugar-based confectionery and its trademarks include Werther's Original, Riesen,
Knoppers, Super Dickmann's, Toffifee, Campino, Merci, Lachgummi and Nimm 2.
Advisers to Storck:
CMS Hasche Sigle, Hamburg
Dr Heino Büsching, corporate, Hamburg
Dr Tim Reher, trademarks and competition, Hamburg
Petra Goldenbaum, trademarks, Hamburg
In-house
Dr Bernd Rößler
Advisors to Ragolds:
Shearman & Sterling
Dr Thomas Liebscher
Dr Thomas Nägele
Dr. Ferber & Partner (investment consultant)
Manfred Ferber
Contact CMS Hasche Sigle:
Dr Heino Büsching
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 / 37630-0
E-mail:
Heino.Buesching@cms-hs.com
Background
CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the leading German law firms with more than 420 lawyers. It covers
the entire area of commercial law and provides legal advice to major German and international
companies from a wide spectrum of industry.
CMS Hasche Sigle operates at all the major business centres. It has offices in Berlin,
Cologne, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Dresden, Brussels,
Belgrade, Moscow, Prague and Shanghai.
CMS Hasche Sigle is a partnership of lawyers and tax consultants; for register details / list
of partners see
www.cms-hs.com
CMS Hasche Sigle is a member of CMS, an alliance of leading European law firms. With over 575
partners, a total of 2,000 lawyers and tax consultants and around 3,800 support staff we advise our
clients in 24 countries in Europe and further afield on legal and tax issues.
Local strength and legal tax advice tailored to the requirements of the market combined with
a substantial amount of business and organisational integration form the basis for high-quality
international legal advice.
In addition to CMS Hasche Sigle, the following firms are also members of the CMS alliance:
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy), CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain), CMS
Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France), CMS Cameron McKenna (Great Britain), CMS DeBacker (Belgium), CMS
Derks Star Busmann (the Netherlands), CMS von Erlach Klainguti Stettler Wille (Switzerland) and CMS
Reich-Rohrwig Hainz (Austria). CMS has 57 offices in 24 countries in Western and Central Europe,
North and South America, Asia and North Africa.
For further information on CMS Hasche Sigle see
www.cms-hs.com
and on the CMS alliance see
www.cmslegal.com
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