Muireann Bolger

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Muireann Bolger is deputy editor of World Intellectual Property Review and Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review in London, where she covers trademarks, brands, as well as wider developments across the intellectual property sector.

She regularly attends and covers major IP conferences around the world, reporting on the latest legal, commercial and policy developments and interviewing leading figures from across the sector. She has also co-authored industry reports with leading IP organisations, including the International Trademark Association (INTA).

She is the editor of the website’s Community & Inclusion channel and the annual Influential Women in IP list, which celebrates the achievements and contributions of leading women across the IP sector.

Originally from Ireland, Muireann has nearly two decades of experience reporting on brand developments, strategy, and wider business issues.

In her current role, she writes and edits news and analysis for an international audience of IP professionals, while also championing inclusion within the profession.

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Surge in global patent filings for smart tech, reveals EPO study
Patents
Global patent filings for smart technologies grew at an average annual rate of almost 20%— nearly five times faster than the average for all technology fields between 2010 and 2018, according to a study released by the European Patent Office today.   10 December 2020
Bridgestone wins tyre patent infringement claim in China
Patents
Tokyo-based tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has secured a victory from the Beijing IP Court in its lawsuit against a Chinese competitor, Shandong Vheal Group (Vheal), it announced yesterday, December 7.   8 December 2020
Fed Circ orders Hamamatsu to transfer 'black silicon' patents to SiOnyx
Patents
Japanese manufacturer Hamamatsu must transfer its foreign patents for “black silicon” technology to its competitor, SiOnyx, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled.   8 December 2020
Copyright
Record companies backed by the Recording Industry Association of America have secured a legal victory against the hip hop mixtape service Spinrilla, which they had accused of copyright infringement on a massive scale.   7 December 2020
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The member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization have approved the appointment of four deputy directors general and four assistant directors general, creating the organisation’s most diverse senior leadership team to date   4 December 2020
Patents
Apple and Intel, along with tech and IP groups, are urging the US Supreme Court to retain an administrative process for challenging patents.   4 December 2020
Copyright
Attorney Richard Liebowitz, who has gained notoriety as an alleged “copyright troll”, has been temporarily barred from practising at the US District Court for the Southern District District of New York.   2 December 2020
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Manufacturer Trinseo has accused its competitor Kellogg Brown & Root of purloining trade secrets used to create high-performance plastics to secure deals worth $40 million with Chinese chemical manufacturers.   1 December 2020
Influential Women in IP
Lawyers are still “disproportionately likely” to come from privileged backgrounds, with three times as many having attended fee-paying schools than the national UK average, a new report has revealed.   30 November 2020
Trademarks
A Chinese company has been accused of selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee, in a suit which has made the highest ever compensation demand in a consumer civil public interest litigation in China.   30 November 2020

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