Norbert Hebeis

Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) and Partner

Freiburg

Norbert Hebeis headed the European trademark department of a US corporation from 1990 to 2000. He has been working as a lawyer in our Freiburg office since 2000 and has been a partner since 2001. He advises clients from all industries on trademark, design, and competition law, particularly in the area of EU trademarks and international registration strategies. He has extensive experience in proceedings before the European Trademark Office (EUIPO) and the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), in litigation before the German civil courts and the courts of the European Union (CFI and ECJ), and in drafting trademark agreements.

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German
English
French

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JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2025/26

Publications

Risikomanagement für Marken [Risk Management for Trade Marks], Chapter: Rechtliches Risikomanagement [Legal Risk Management], Wiley-VCH Verlag 2005

Vorabinformation und Schadensersatzpflicht des Parallelimporteurs [Prior Information and the Obligation of Parallel Importers to Pay Damages], Pharma Recht [Pharmaceutical Law] 2000, p. 146 et. seq.

Markenschutz für Abwandlungen von International Nonproprietory Names (INN) [Trade Mark Protection for Adaptations of International Non-Proprietary Names (INN)], Pharma Recht [Pharmaceutical Law] 1996, p. 175 et. seq.

Verwechslungsgefahr bei Vergleichszeichen mit überwiegend übereinstimmenden Bestandteilen [The Likelihood of Confusing Trade Marks Consisting Predominantly of Identical Elements], GRUR 1994, p. 490 et. seq.

Die Verwendung des Warenzeichens auf der Gebrauchsinformation von Fertigarzneimitteln durch den Parallelimporteur [A Parallel Importer’s Use of Trade Marks on the Directions for Use of Ready-to-Use Medicinal Products], GRUR 1992, p. 15 et. seq.

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