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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Australia to safeguard tech IP by policing foreign R&D
Patents
Australia has unveiled plans to expand the technologies in which international research and development collaboration will face increased scrutiny to protect the country’s IP.   11 March 2021
EPO’s G1/19 decision has ‘far-reaching’ implications for AI: lawyers
Patents
Computer-implemented simulations are patentable but the applicant must show that the invention addresses a technical issue, the European Patent Office has determined.   11 March 2021
EasyGroup loses out over electric bike TM
Trademarks
EasyGroup, the holding company behind the "easy" family of brands including easyJet, has lost its bid to invalidate a trademark at the UK Intellectual Property Office.   10 March 2021
Copyright
In the wake of an important ruling for copyright owners and their licensees handed down by the Court of Justice for the European Union, IP lawyers have told WIPR that the decision is likely to have significant ramifications for rights owners.   10 March 2021
Copyright
Websites displaying links to copyrighted material under contract may be subject to restrictions imposed by the copyright owner, the Court of Justice for the European Union has ruled.   9 March 2021
Patents
President Joe Biden’s changes to M&A rules and the emergence of a stringent antitrust bill could herald tough new antitrust measures—with significant ramifications for IP, reports Muireann Bolger.   9 March 2021
Influential Women in IP
For this year’s International Women’s Day, the theme is #ChooseToChallenge. Leading female attorneys share their thoughts with WIPR about what the campaign theme means to them, the issues affecting women in IP and their efforts to tackle them.   8 March 2021
Copyright
Harvard University is the rightful owner of photos of enslaved individuals, a US court has ruled in a lawsuit that accused the institution of illegally and “shamelessly” profiting from the images.   8 March 2021
Influential Women in IP
In an exclusive interview, Tiki Dare, president of the International Trademark Association, joins her predecessor Ayala Deutsch and Deborah Hampton, officer at the association’s board of directors, to explore with WIPR some of the issues affecting women in the legal industry.   8 March 2021
Copyright
Canadian media company Allarco Entertainment has requested an injunction preventing retailers including Best Buy and Staples from selling “pirate’ set-top boxes in their stores.   4 March 2021

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