Roll up, roll up!The Sunday Telegraph reports that Computer Patent Annuities (CPA), an IP renewals and patent management company, has appointed investment bank Greenhill to carry out a review in readiness for a sale or float of the business.
A price tag of upto £500m has been suggested in the article, which should make a number of Fellows of the UK Chartered Institute of Patents Attorneys (CIPA) more relaxed as retirement approaches.
The article estimates that upto 320 Members will benefit - over 15% of the UK Patent Attorney Profession. This blogger is concerned at the number of professionals who will move their practice off-shore - CIPA OGM's in Monaco perhaps...
