Transport For London can't register the trademark "Mind the Gap" over purses and other accessories because it had previously promised not to cover those goods when it settled an earlier dispute with clothing retailer Gap Inc.
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Gap Blocks TFL's 'Mind The Gap' TM For Accessories

By Hanna Vioque

Transport For London can't register the trademark "Mind the Gap" over purses and other accessories because it had previously promised not to cover those goods when it settled an earlier dispute with clothing retailer Gap Inc.

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Huawei, Netgear Reach Global Settlement Over Wi-Fi 6 SEPs

By Alex Baldwin

California networking company Netgear has agreed to a license for Wi-Fi 6 technology from Europe's largest patent pool Sisvel, bringing an end to a global litigation campaign between Netgear and one of the pool's key contributors, Huawei.

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Law Firm Can Look At UPC Docs In Harvard, NanoString Clash

By Jamie Lennox

The Unified Patent Court has granted a Finnish law firm's request to look at documents from Harvard's sample testing patent feud with NanoString, ruling that the firm's "general interest" in seeing the documents was sufficient.

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LITIGATION

Moncler Blocks Chinese Co.'s 'Northcler' TM Bid

By Jamie Lennox

Moncler has blocked a Chinese company's bid to revive its "Northcler" trademark application, convincing a European Union appeals panel that the mark unfairly leans on the Italian brand's reputation.

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Social Care Co. Denies Using 'Inicio' TM As A Weapon

By William Janes

A care company has told a London court that it denied registering its "Inicio" trademark in bad faith to use it as a "weapon," hitting back in a battle with a school trust over the brand.

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Ex-Ashfords Paralegal Misled Firm Over Client Emails

By Ashish Sareen

A former paralegal at Ashfords LLP has been barred from the profession after she lied to the firm to conceal her failure to remind a client to renew a trademark, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ashfords LLP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Bird & Bird

Hogarth Chambers

Myerson Solicitors

Stephenson Harwood

Weightmans LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Berggren Oy AB

Bruker Corp.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

NETGEAR, Inc.

NanoString Technologies, Inc.

Ocado Ltd.

Panasonic Corp.

Signify N.V.

Sisvel International SA

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

The Gap Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Transport for London

UK High Court

Unified Patent Court