Verdict: Nuremberg's Rostbratwurst not exclusive to Nuremberg

The Sixth Senate of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) dismissed the appeal of the Nuremberg association against the first verdict, as a court spokeswoman subsequently announced. The Nuremberg plaintiffs had sued the butcher shop Franz Ostermeier, based in Geiselhöring, Lower Bavaria, because it has "mini-Rostbratwürstchen" in its assortment. The protection association sees this as a violation of the EU-wide protection of the geographical indication "Nürnberger Rostbratwürstchen". Lower Bavarian butcher not sailing under false colors However, Ostermeier had never claimed that his bratwursts came from Nuremberg. The Ostermeier packaging does not contain the word "Nuremberg" or "Nürnberger," which made the difference in the first trial in 2024. The plaintiffs were also bothered that the Lower Bavarian product resembled the Franconian one. However, the Nuremberg association lost both in the first and now in the second instance. "Nürnberger Rostbratwurst" protected since 2003 The ...