Stefan Hubacher
Education and Career to date
| 2001–2006 | Master of Law of the University of Berne (major: commercial law) |
| 2006–2007 | Trainee/employee at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property |
| 2007–2009 | Qualification as attorney of the canton of Berne |
| Since 2008 | Employed by Fuhrer Marbach & Partners |
| Since 2012 | Independent lawyer with Fuhrer Marbach & Partner |
| Since 2013 | Co-Head group intellectual property of the Bernese Bar Association |
| Since 2013 | Trademark Analyst for Darts IP |
| Since 2014 | Lecturer for communication law at SAWI, Schweizerisches Ausbildungszentrum für Marketing, Werbung und Verkauf |
Memberships
Bar Associations of Bern and Switzerland
Institute for Industrial Property (INGRES)
Bernese Law Association
European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA); Member of the Geographical Indications Committee
International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
Languages
German, English, French
Main Fields of Activity
Intellectual property law
Trademark law
Copyright law
Designlaw
Patentlaw
International law
IT-law
Insolvency law
Contract law
Antitrust and competition law
(International) civil procedure law
Publications
Contributing editor of the magazine sic! for Intellectual property law, information law and competition law
Contributing editor of the magazine „Life Science Recht“
Die Marke zwischen Registereintrag und Benutzung (Bericht zum Ittinger Workshop vom 30. und 31. August 2013)
«Nivea Stress Protect / Stress Defence»: Starkes Element als Belastung?, in: sic! 5/2016
Markenfähigkeit medizinischer Implantate, in: Life Science Recht1/2018
Rechtliche Aspekte in der PR-Arbeit, Versus Verlag 2018
«Pachmann / Bachmann» – (Keine) Verpflichtung zu unterscheidbaren Zusätzen bei Ähnlichnamigkeit, in sic! 2/2019
Die Markennichtigkeitsklage, in: Schweizer IP-Handbuch, 2. Auflage, Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag (erscheint Ende 2019)
Selected Presentations
Basel, CSC Seminar bei Acetlian Pharmaceuticals Ltd, “A World of New gTLD – role of the new gTLDs in a IP-strategy”
Zürich, INGRES Lakeside Tagung 2014, „Praxis des Immaterialgüterrechts – Kennzeichenrecht”
St. Petersburg, FICPI annual meeting 2016, “Branding Switzerland – the special relationship between Trademarks and Geographical Indiciations”
Hungary/Budapest, ECTA annual meeting 2017, Committee Meeting, “Swissness Legislative Amendmend – background, goals and content”
Zürich, HWZ – Weiterbildung Fachschaft Recht, “E-Commerce – rechtliche Chancen und Risiken”
Venice, FICPI annual meeting 2017, „What is a registerable trademark – requirements and restrictions regarding nontraditional marks”