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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UKIPO aims to put IP ‘at the heart’ of govt’s innovation strategy
Patents
IP will be at the heart of the UK government’s new innovation strategy, the UK Intellectual Property Office has said in its response to the plan.   3 August 2021
A call for change: how to make it matter
Influential Women in IP
The Black Lives Matter movement has led a rallying cry for greater equality for people of diverse backgrounds. IP lawyers of colour tell Muireann Bolger why the legal sector has reached a turning point.   30 July 2021
DABUS 'granted first patent' confirms AI project leader
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South Africa has become the first country to grant a patent to an artificial intelligence, recognising AI solution DABUS as an inventor.   28 July 2021
Trademarks
General Motors (GM) has sued Ford, alleging that Ford’s “BlueCruise” hands-free driver technology infringes its own system, Super Cruise.   28 July 2021
Patents
Wearable fitness-tracker company Fitbit has defeated a patent challenge from Philips North America, a maker of connected-health technologies.   27 July 2021
Trademarks
Following decades of pressure and criticism from the Native American community, a major US league baseball team has confirmed that it will change its name from Cleveland Indians to Cleveland Guardians   26 July 2021
Patents
Amid mounting speculation over the uncertainty caused by the US Supreme Court decision’s landmark decision in US v Arthrex, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has posted several updates issuing guidance. But lawyers tell WIPR that some key questions remain.   26 July 2021
Trademarks
Football club Leeds City has failed in its bid to register an ‘LCFC’ trademark, after the UK Intellectual Property Office found in favour of an opposition by the UK Premier League’s Leicester City.   21 July 2021
Patents
Ericsson has settled its lengthy feud with China’s TCL Communication Technology over royalties on a patent for telecommunications inventions.   20 July 2021
Influential Women in IP
IP litigator Tiffany Cunningham has made history by becoming the first-ever Black judge at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.   20 July 2021

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