German courts deserve to be sued for their rulings. Always? Almost always, but now and then there are indeed just decisions. Such as that of the Nuremberg District Court, which dismissed the lawsuit of the Nazi clothing manufacturer MediaTex on almost all counts. The Nazis sued for trademark infringement and defamation due to the mockery of their brand "Thor Steinar" by SPD politician Mathias Brodkorb with his Storch Heinar.
Already during the oral hearing, Judge Horst Rottmann recommended that MediaTex withdraw the lawsuit due to lack of prospects for success. Since they were determined not to give up, the official ruling was issued today. It states that there is no risk of confusion between "Storch" and "Thor" either in the name or in the visual representation. The plaintiff thus has to bear 94% of the legal costs. MediaTex only holds the rights to the inscription "Wüstenfuchs" printed on some bags, which is why they ultimately received a proud six percent of the ruling.
See also: http://endstation-rechts.de/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5200:achse-rostock-leipzig-storch-heinar-und-die-%E2%80%9Efront-deutscher-%C3%A4pfel%E2%80%9C-greifen-gemeinsam-nach-modeweltherrschaft&Itemid=759
Already during the oral hearing, Judge Horst Rottmann recommended that MediaTex withdraw the lawsuit due to lack of prospects for success. Since they were determined not to give up, the official ruling was issued today. It states that there is no risk of confusion between "Storch" and "Thor" either in the name or in the visual representation. The plaintiff thus has to bear 94% of the legal costs. MediaTex only holds the rights to the inscription "Wüstenfuchs" printed on some bags, which is why they ultimately received a proud six percent of the ruling.
See also: http://endstation-rechts.de/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5200:achse-rostock-leipzig-storch-heinar-und-die-%E2%80%9Efront-deutscher-%C3%A4pfel%E2%80%9C-greifen-gemeinsam-nach-modeweltherrschaft&Itemid=759
