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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Elite law firms pledge equal opportunities for BAME junior lawyers
Influential Women in IP
Some of the UK’s largest law firms have joined recruiters by signing a charter that aims to provide equal access to job opportunities within the legal sector.   5 November 2020
Hidden depths: the problem of unconscious bias
Influential Women in IP
Deep-rooted prejudices continue to blight the legal sector and its D&I efforts. But while many firms have introduced training programmes to tackle unconscious bias, it will take more than quick-fixes to change entrenched behaviour. Muireann Bolger reports.   4 November 2020
Five minutes with...Ypsita Demunshi
Patents
Ahead of her participation in an LSPN Connect session, In-house attorneys share day-to- day challenges and explore solutions on Thursday, November 5, Ypsita Demunshi, patent agent at Pendulum Therapeutics, shares insights on the issues facing patent practitioners amid COVID-19.   4 November 2020
Trademarks
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has claimed that the company representing grunge band Nirvana should lose its “smiley face” trademark and also face sanctions for discovery infractions.   4 November 2020
Influential Women in IP
Catherine Lemay, assistant general counsel–IP at cannabis company Hexo, outlines her career path and what her working day may entail.   4 November 2020
Patents
Cisco has demanded a new trial, after a US judge ordered the technology company to pay $1.9 billion in damages, in addition to royalties, for infringing four patents owned by Centripetal Networks.   3 November 2020
Patents
An unprecedented growth in trademark applications at the USPTO, largely driven by Chinese filers, has been welcomed as a positive sign of economic recovery amid the pandemic. But it raises questions around the future legitimacy of US trademarks and brands. Muireann Bolger reports.   2 November 2020
Trademarks
The European Intellectual Property Office suffered a loss on Wednesday, 28 October, at the EU General Court, which ruled that it had erred in upholding a trademark registered by a German venture capital fund.   2 November 2020
Patents
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have sued video app company Triller, requesting that a US court issue a declaratory judgment stating that it did not infringe a patent.   30 October 2020
Trademarks
As 2020 winds down and the holiday season approaches, online abuse of brands’ IP will inevitably ramp up.   28 October 2020

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