The name FC Berlin never became popular with the fans. Fans continued to identify themselves with the former name and crest. An overwhelming majority voted for the club to revert to its original name at the general meeting on 3 May 1999. BFC Dynamo thus reclaimed its East German crest, but found out that the rights now belonged to Pepe Mager. Pepe Mager had registered the crest in his name at the German Patent and Trademark Office on 13 May 1997.