Paul Stroebele

Paul Ströbele (born January 18, 1944 in Munich ) is a German lawyer with a doctorate .

Career

After passing the first state examination in 1968, Ströbele initially worked at the Institute for Commercial Legal Protection and Copyright at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He then joined the then Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich as a research assistant. From 1973 to 1984 he worked at the German Patent Office, most recently as head of the trademark department. In 1984 he moved to the Federal Patent Court as a judge , where he was appointed presiding judge in 1994. In 2009 he retired. In 1993 and 1994 he was a member of the “Reform of Trademark Law” working group.

Ströbele is a member of the German Association for Commercial Legal Protection and Copyright and lives in Gauting .

Appreciation

• Franz Hacker, Frederik Thiering (ed.): Festschrift for Paul Ströbele. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-452-29244-5

Publications

Of Ströbele's numerous publications, Werner Althammer 's comment on trademark law (formerly the trademark law), on which Ströbele has been working since the 5th edition, is a standard work.

Publications by Paul Ströbele (selection)

• The binding of the ordinary courts to decisions of the patent authorities. Dissertation. Cologne 1975.
• The corporate use within the framework of the compulsory use of trademarks. GRUR 1976, pp. 126-129.
• The consideration of the need to be kept free in the registration process under the law of signs. GRUR 1981, pp. 706-716.
• Practical experience with the new trademark protection for service brands. GRUR 1981, pp. 771-782.
• The consideration of the need to be kept free in the registration process under the law of signs. Der Markenartikel 1981, pp. 37-50.
• The registration of a sign by virtue of traffic enforcement in accordance with Section 4 Paragraph 3 WZG. Der Markenartikel 1984, pp. 127-139.
• Requirements and evidence of traffic enforcement in accordance with Section 4 (3) WZG. GRUR 1987, pp. 75-82.
• The protection of symbols of international intergovernmental organizations (Section 4 Paragraph 2 No. 3a WZG). GRUR 1989, pp. 84-88.
• Thoughts on the new trademark law. Der Markenartikel 1993, pp. 219-221.
• The registration of new forms of trade marks. GRUR 1999, p. 1041 ff.
• Chiemsee - set off for new shores? Competition in Law and Practice (WRP) 2000, pp. 1028-1033.
• Problems with the likelihood of confusion under trademark law. 'Der Markenartikel 2001, pp. 106–117.
• Absolute barriers to registration in trademark law. GRUR 2001, pp. 658-667.
• The legal significance of the classification for the lists of goods and services of registered trademarks. Announcements from German patent attorneys 2004, pp. 249–254.
• The strict and complete test - Libertel and its implementation in Germany. GRUR 2005, pp. 93-97.
• From the need to keep clear to the general interest in trademark law. In: Hans-Jürgen Ahrens, Joachim Bornkamm , Hans Peter Kunz Hallstein (eds.): Festschrift for Eike Ullmann . juris GmbH, Saarbrücken 2006, ISBN 3-938756-10-1 , pp. 425-436.
• No rest on someone else's mattresses. 'Der Markenartikel 2006, pp. 433-435.
• The required level of traffic enforcement. GRUR 2008, pp. 569-573.
• Times of bad faith. Der Markenartikel 2010, pp. 409-412.
• Distinctive character and branded use. Der Markenartikel 2012, pp. 455–459.
• Paul Ströbele, Franz Hacker, Frederik Thiering: Trademark Law. 12th edition. 2018, Carl Heymanns Verlag Cologne, ISBN 978-3-452-28553-9 (co-author and former co-editor of the work founded by Werner Althammer)

Web links

• Paul Ströbele: Review: Bender. The new EU trade mark April 4, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Ströbele, Franz Hacker, Frederik Thiering (eds.): Trademark law. Commentary, 12th edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag , Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-452-28553-9 .