CPA Global
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| Industry: | Legal Outsourcing, Intellectual Property |
| Founded: | 1969 |
| Headquarters: | Liberation House, Castle Street |
| Country: | Jersey |
| Website: | http://www.cpaglobal.com |
| Key People | |
Peter Sewell, CEO
Rob Davey, Domain and Digital Content Product Manager
Samantha Frida, Domain Name Consultant
Steve Clark & Victoria Knowles, Media Contacts
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Computer Patent Annuities (CPA) Global is one of the primary legal outsourcing companies providing a complete range of general legal and intellectual property (IP) support services worldwide.
It also offers other services such as document review, contract management and litigation support using advanced intellectual property software, renewals and data management, research and consulting, assistance to busy law firm and corporate legal departments during the entire litigation and IP cycle.[1]
CPA Global’s headquarter is located in Jersey with other offices established across Asia and the Pacific, Europe and United States.
History
Below is complete timeline of CPA Global’s accomplishment as a company.[2]
In 1969, patent lawyers from different law firms in United Kingdom established CPA Global sharing the same objective, which is to provide intellectual property renewal services specializing in patents.
Six years after it’s inception in 1975, the founders of the company expanded their service offerings with design and trademark renewal service. In 1979 after a decade, CPA Global opened its first office in the United States in New York City and then relocated the office at Crystal City Arlington in 1982. By 1985, the company launched Search International and started offering specialist global trademark searching service. After a year, the company bought majority shares of Trademarks Directory Service (TMDS) and it started offering worldwide watching service and monitored all types of trademarks including 3D, colors, sounds, smells, and gestures for some of the world’s famous brands.
In $2000, CPA Global added additional offices in the US located in Alexandria, Virginia and San Francisco, California and other parts of the country at the same time it launches the CPA Direct which allows its clients to directly and securely renew their portfolio online 24/7. CPA Domarque, a domain digital content service allowing clients protect, manage and maintain their domain names was launched in 2001 and acquired Memotech Interface Systems, a company in Paris which provides software for corporations and subsequently opened additional offices in London and Munich.
The following year, 2002 CPA Global acquired significant stake in Maxim Technology and it allows them to provide the Inprotech software for IP lawyers and the company’s trademark searching went online which enabled its customers to obtain quotes and track progress. CPASS was created in 2003, an integration of Memotech and Maxim in the CPA business making it the leading provider of IP software.
In 2005, the company acquired Foundation IP and it was able to secure the majority shares of Intellevate (IP Support Services). It also purchased major shares of the US leading patent firm Lacasse and Associates in 2006. The acquisition lead CPA Global to further expand its portfolio in US and Europe.