Organisation: Clarivate

Last week Cinven announced an agreement to sell CPA Global to private equity investment firm Leonard Green & Partners for a reported $3.1 billion. The sum is just shy of the $3.55 billion paid for Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science unit last year, and highlights just how attractive the IP dollar is to private equity.

05 September 2017

Anaqua and Lecorpio have announced they are to merge, with CEO Bob Romeo telling <em>World Trademark Review</em>  how the combined company will “provide something that has never before been done in our space”.

26 July 2017

CPA Global has announced an undisclosed investment in Korean IP services provider Markpro. The move comes after recent reports that the company is exploring a possible sale or flotation of the business. In that context, this week’s move to step up Asian market penetration should not come as a surprise to industry analysts.

11 July 2017

For many INTA 2017 Annual Meeting delegates, the busiest days are over and the end is in sight; but determined not to let the long days and nights wear us down, the <i>World Trademark Review</i> editorial team of Trevor Little, Joff Wild and Tim Lince have been running between sessions, meetings and receptions – with a few stops for coffee along the way – to bring you the latest stories and insights from Tuesday’s proceedings.

23 May 2017

The owner of CPA Global – one of the world’s largest providers of non-legal IP and trademark services – is exploring a possible sale or floatation of the business, according to media reports this weekend. If recent moves in the IP services market are anything to go by, we can expect Asian investors to be among the most interested parties on the buy-side.

03 April 2017

Thomson Reuters’ $3.55 billion sale of its IP business to Baring Private Equity Asia and Onex Corporation completed this week in a deal that highlights the growing demand for trademark strategy services in the region.

05 October 2016