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CMS Hasche Sigle successfully settles trade mark dispute for Birkenstock

17/02/2005

The legal dispute regarding the trade mark name Birkenstock has been settled. Before Cologne Regional Court (case no. 31 O 688/04) Susanne Birkenstock as director of SB International GmbH undertook to discontinue using a trade mark logo with the content Birkenstock or Susanne Birkenstock and the slogan "Dafür stehe ich mit meinem Namen" ("I put my name to it") in connection with the manufacturing, sale and advertising of shoes in the future. In return, the old-established shoe manufacturer Birkenstock waived asserting claims for compensation. Led by Cologne partner Dr Gordian N. Hasselblatt, CMS Hasche Sigle advised Birkenstock before Cologne Regional Court.

Birkenstock had filed for an interim injunction in August 2004 after Susanne Birkenstock, separated wife of Birkenstock director Christian Birkenstock, founded SB International and manufactured health sandals with the label "SB-Beauty Step" and distributed them using her name "Designed by Susanne Birkenstock".


Advice and representation Birkenstock
CMS Hasche Sigle
Dr Gordian N. Hasselblatt, LL.M., partner, Cologne (IP)
Dr Carsten Menebröcker, LL.M., associate, Cologne (IP)
RA Noack; Hoevels, Steves, Noack, Hansen, Pitz


Contact CMS Hasche Sigle:
Dr Gordian N. Hasselblatt, LL.M.
Tel.: +49 (0) 221 / 7716-243
E-mail: Gordian.Hasselblatt@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 .