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We are focussing – News at the turn of the year

From 1 January 2025, we will continue to focus on our core areas in order not to ‘lose the detail in depth’. The firm has decided to concentrate even more intensively on the areas of real estate and corporate law, including M&A, as well as asset succession (including inheritance and family law), both as notaries and lawyers. This is inevitably accompanied by personnel changes. Therefore, some colleagues (‘Alumni’ section) left the firm on 31 December 2024.

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Our colleagues Prof. Dr Dörte Busch, Esther Meyer, Kerstin Brauner and Stefanie Weiß, who primarily – and excellently – advise on medical law, will continue their work under a ‘separate banner’, but will remain with us in a joint office and can be contacted as before.

Big Mac: a blow for McDonald’s under trade mark law

The Irish fast food chain Supermac’s has today scored a major success in a long-running trade mark dispute against McDonald’s. The European trade mark ‘Big Mac’ registered for McDonald’s can no longer claim protection for chicken sandwiches, food prepared from poultry products, and services provided in connection with or related to the operation of restaurants and other establishments offering food and drink prepared for consumption, drive-in facilities and the preparation of take-away meals (EGC, judgement of 05. 06.2024, T-58/23 – Supermac’s ./. EUIPO – McDonald’s International Property (BIG MAC).

Wow. What went wrong for McDonald’s?

In 2017, Supermac’s claimed that McDonald’s had not used the ‘Big Mac’ trade mark for a continuous period of more than 5 years. In 2019, the European Trade Mark Office (EUIPO) ruled that the ‘Big Mac’ trade mark should be cancelled. David against Goliath, the press reported. (more…)