Organisation: Thomson Reuters

Legal practitioners, registrants and brand owners are often forced to navigate the online landscape in low visibility. Once you acknowledge the foggy conditions, you can adjust your approach to avoid any wrong turns. 

15 January 2019

After his invaluable contribution to the global trademark community was recognised at the WTR Industry Awards, J Thomas McCarthy sat down with us to reflect on an illustrious career.

12 June 2018

As a new year begins, <em class="Alright-italic">World Trademark Review</em> looks ahead at some of the key changes and trends that could present both risks and opportunities to our industry

01 January 2018

01 January 2018

Advances in technology have been transforming the workflow of trademark practitioners over several years. We take a look at how the rise of artificial intelligence will change the status quo even more

01 November 2017

It has been announced that information services company Wolters Kluwer has agreed to sell trademark search platform Corsearch to private equity entity Audax Group in a $140 million deal. The move is the latest acquisition in a series of deals centred on IP services companies, and once again demonstrates the attractiveness that private equity firms see in IP technology.

23 October 2017

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