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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Funding for global innovation in sharp decline: WIPO index
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Switzerland, Sweden, US, UK and Netherlands have topped the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s global innovation rankings released today, but the index revealed that COVID-19 is expected to exert acute pressure on innovation funding worldwide.   2 September 2020
Disney fails to sink 'Pirates’ infringement suit
Copyright
Walt Disney has been unsuccessful in its bid to persuade the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to consider revoking the revival of a lawsuit that claims it stole elements of an earlier screenplay.   1 September 2020
Australian banks bar blockchain company from using trademark
Trademarks
In a victory for the Reserve Bank of Australia, a court today blocked a US blockchain company Ripple from using a trademark for advertising its payments platform in the country.   1 September 2020
Influential Women in IP
A dozen law firms, including Baker McKenzie and Bird & Bird, have pledged to tackle the career obstacles faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers, by signing a Race Fairness Commitment.   28 August 2020
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Andrei Iancu, director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, spoke about the crucial role of IP in fighting the effects of the pandemic at a webinar hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.   26 August 2020
Patents
In a victory for Lufthansa, the English High Court has upheld a ruling that its patent was infringed and ordered Japanese electronics company Panasonic, and Safran Seats to pay costs of more than £1.9 million to the German airline.   25 August 2020
Patents
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been urged to seek an en banc rehearing of its unsuccessful antitrust case against Qualcomm in a letter signed by a group of companies and trade organisations, including Ford Motor and Honda Motor.   25 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
Increased participation of female and minority inventors in the innovation process could boost the US’ gross domestic product (GDP) by more than 4%, according to a new proposal by The Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative.   24 August 2020
Trademarks
Arizona State University’s governing body has taken Facebook to court over its alleged failure to take action against an Instagram account which is using the university’s trademarks to promote “Hoax-19" parties on campus.   24 August 2020

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