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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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Twitter rejects most copyright takedown requests
Copyright
Twitter rejects most copyright takedown requests
Twitter dismissed the majority of takedown requests it received from copyright owners despite recording an increase in the overall number of notices in the first half of last year, the social media platform has said in its bi-annual transparency report.   31 January 2022
Wedding dress designer barred from using own name
Trademarks
Wedding dress designer barred from using own name
Designer Hayley Paige Gutman can’t use her own name for the marketing of her bridal gowns after the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld an earlier ruling favouring JLM Couture.   27 January 2022
Mentorship and D&I: Insights from IBM, Deloitte and more...
Influential Women in IP
Mentorship and D&I: Insights from IBM, Deloitte and more...
January marks National Mentoring Month and comes at a time when such guidance and support has become vital in achieving a more diversified leadership in law.   27 January 2022
Copyright
Career Series: Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University
The IP professor tells WIPR about how she made the journey from a childhood in Sri Lanka to becoming a copyright expert in the UK.   26 January 2022
Influential Women in IP
BigLaw firms unveil D&I billable hours
Law firm Eversheds Sutherland has introduced a billable credit policy this month for work related to diversity and inclusion, joining a growing number of elite law firms that have adopted a similar policy.   26 January 2022
Copyright
Australia ‘frees’ copyright to Aboriginal flag in $14m deal
The Australian government has paid more than Aus $20m for the Aboriginal flag ending a copyright dispute that had prevented national sporting teams, communities and citizens from using the image.   25 January 2022
Patents
China plans to cut patent examinations to 15 months
The China National Intellectual Property Administration has unveiled a new five-year plan for patent and trademark examination, including targets that should be reached within three years.   24 January 2022
Patents
UPC enters final stages after Austria completes ratification
Final preparations for the long-awaited Unified Patent Court will now begin, after Austria deposited its instrument of ratification yesterday, January 18.   19 January 2022
Patents
SCOTUS declines Apple, Mylan challenge to NHK-Fintiv rule
The US Supreme Court has rejected bids by Apple and Mylan to overturn the NHK-Fintiv rule, but more challenges to the controversial directive favoured by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board are likely, say lawyers.   19 January 2022
Trademarks
Hermès sues ‘get rich quick’ creator of handbag NFTs
Hermès has accused a self-described artist who developed non-fungible tokens of the fashion brand’s iconic Birkin bag of trademark infringement.   18 January 2022

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