{"id":810,"date":"2023-01-24T11:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:28:32","slug":"stephan-hoefs-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/attorneys\/stephan-hoefs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephan H\u00f6fs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Businesscard]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qualification and position<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • German Attorney-at-Law, admission to the bar in 2017 <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Senior Associate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Specialisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Protective Rights: trademarks, designs, utility models and patents<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Unfair competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Licensing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Domain names<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Litigation and Proceedings before the EUIPO, GPTO and EU General Court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Languages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      German, English, French<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Law Studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt\/Oder, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Mandatory Legal Preparatory Service in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany Practice with national and British law and patent firms, including a one-year secondment in London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Memberships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • GRUR-Prax 2024, 714 \u2013 Missing commercial use of a title<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GRUR-Prax 2024, 299 \u2013 Further exception to the rule that similarity in one area of perception is sufficient for similarity of signs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GRUR-Prax 2023, 562 \u2013 Likelihood of confusion due to phonetic similarity <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GRUR-Prax 2023, 229 \u2013 Pitfalls concerning intragroup evidence of genuine use<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GRUR-Prax 2022, 464 \u2013 Reviving a forgotten name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • GRUR-Prax 2020, 389 \u2013 Necessity of expert opinions in compulsory licensing proceedings <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • MarkenR 2019, 290 \u2013 Underestimated and dangerous: Vague terms in the list of goods and services of EU trademarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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