The 97-year-old Marshal cake has gone to court.

The 97-year-old Marshal cake has gone to court.

21.08.2025 23:40

The Marshal cake, produced in Bursa since 1928, has become the subject of a legal dispute. Ulus Patisserie, one of the city's oldest and most established bakeries, emphasized in a press release that it is the sole and rightful owner of the century-old Marshal brand, and has initiated legal action against the claims of another company.

In 1928, Rasim Öztat opened the Ulus Pastry Shop in Bursa and developed a special cake for his business with his own craftsmanship.

Due to its four layers, he named the cake "Mareşal," which was influenced by the famous "Marshall" aid from America at that time, and it became known among the public as "Marşal."

THE NAME "MARŞAL" WAS REGISTERED AS A BRAND

According to the statement from Ulus Pastry Shop, Rasim Öztat created the first recipe for Marşal, giving it flavor, shape, and a name. With the initiative of his children and grandchildren, the names "Marşal" and "Marshall" were registered as brands, and the century-old flavor was protected as a brand. Recently, however, Ulus Pastry Shop initiated legal action against a company that claimed to be the creator of this cake and attempted to mislead the public about its history.

The statement emphasized that the mentioned company changed the name of its cake following the public reaction to Ulus Pastry Shop's announcement on May 6, stating, "However, instead of obtaining the registration of its own original brand, it chose the path of existing in someone else's history, becoming part of someone else's success story, and applied for registration by adding the Marşal brand belonging to Ulus next to its own name."

97-year-old Marşal cake has gone to court

A CRIMINAL CASE WAS FILED FOR BRAND INFRINGEMENT

Following the complaint made by Ulus Pastry Shop, a criminal case was filed against the relevant company for brand infringement. The statement recorded the importance and value of the brand as follows: "If you do not write your own story, you become an extra in someone else's story; you get lost in someone else's lines; you play a supporting role in someone else's script. The Marşal brand is a 100-year-old memory and heritage. Marşal is not just a name; it is history, labor, and originality. We wrote our own story; there is no place for shadows."

Ulus Pastry Shop stated that they will continue the legal processes with determination to protect the value of their brands and their history, saying, "If a flavor cannot be discussed without the name Marşal, it is not the cake that remains in memory, but the name. That name is the history written by Ulus Pastry Shop." The importance of a company existing with its own effort and its own developed original name was conveyed with the words, "True power is being able to exist with your own brand and your own name. If you cannot be strong with your own brand, you will have to boast with someone else's name. The true winner is the one who is remembered with their own flavor and their own original name." The "Marşal" cake continues to live on with the name of Ulus Pastry Shop as a flavor that has left its mark on Bursa for a century.

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