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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Articles by Muireann Bolger

IP rights in fashion, culture and art remain ‘unsettled and uncertain’
Trademarks
Case law relating to IP rights in the cultural space remains contradictory and confusing, according to a panel discussion at a major case law conference in Europe.   11 July 2022
EU court tackles Ballon D’or dispute
Trademarks
The golden trophy had been the subject of a trademark faceoff since 2017.   8 July 2022
ITC issues final decision in key SEP dispute
Patents
The ruling comes after the Federal Trade Commission waded into several cases over standard-essential patents last month.   7 July 2022
Influential Women in IP
Many law firms and corporate legal departments have embraced the Mansfield Rule to help them achieve greater DEI, finds Muireann Bolger.   7 July 2022
Trademarks
US courts have for decades applied the test to safeguard expressive works, but debate is raging over its scope and potential danger to trademarks. Muireann Bolger reports.   6 July 2022
Influential Women in IP
Companies and firms are embracing vastly different approaches to achieve better diversity and inclusion, as Muireann Bolger reports.   5 July 2022
Trademarks
Two Asia-based firms have joined forces to provide a metaverse brands service aimed at multinationals operating in the region.   4 July 2022
Patents
The UK government will not change patent inventorship criteria or copyright computer-generated works provisions following its consultation on artificial intelligence and IP, but it plans to amend a copyright law relating to data mining.   28 June 2022
Trademarks
Poacher turns gamekeeper in Lidl’s dispute with Tesco, as supermarkets scrap for shares of a tough marketplace, finds Muireann Bolger.   16 June 2022
Influential Women in IP
The firm’s global head of IP shares her experience of building a practice from scratch in a new market, and the importance of carving a ‘niche’.   14 June 2022

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