February 4, 2019 – Today, Questel announces a majority investment in Concur IP, an India and US-based IP services company well known for its patent drafting and standard essential patent-related capabilities. This investment adds an essential piece to Questel’s existing suite of IP services. Questel can now support its clients throughout the entire IP lifecycle offering patentability search, patent drafting, translation, and international filing, as well as post-grant support during licensing negotiation and litigation. Nitin Agrawal and Sachin Sinha will continue to operate as Concur IP’s Co-CEOs post this merger.
September 28, 2018 – Questel, one of the world’s largest online intellectual property (IP) service providers, has acquired MultiLing, the global leader in patent translations. Founded in 1988 and based in Utah, MultiLing leverages their advanced technology platform to provide the highest quality patent translation services in the most cost-effective manner. Led by its founder, Michael Sneddon, and supported by over 200 employees across eight countries, MultiLing serves 350 clients globally (mostly large corporations) in their process of international filing of patents. This acquisition is part of Questel’s strategy to build a one-stop-shop offering. MultiLing’s translation activities are highly complementary and synergetic to Questel’s ITIP Foreign Filing activities. The enlarged group reaches an annual turnover of c. MUSD 100 and 500 employees worldwide. This consolidates its rank among the global leaders of the IP industry.
October 15, 2017 – Questel, one of the world’s largest online intellectual property service providers, announces the acquisition of Expernova, a gem specializing in scientific big data. Expernova was founded in 2008 by Pascal Magnier and Clement Penin after they struggled to find the most relevant partner for a technology project. Since then, Magnier and Penin have been developing their Expernova platform to transform a complex scientific and technological environment into an easy, attractive, and collaborative map. Thanks to cutting edge big data technology and a specialization on emerging open innovation processes, Expernova is today disrupting innovation talent management.
October 15, 2017 – Questel, one of the world’s largest online intellectual property service providers, announces the acquisition of ULT Research, a leading provider of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) software. Questel’s patent and trademark data and analytics tools will be incorporated into ULT’s IAM software to put significantly more power into the hands of their users. Founded 20 years ago by Igarashi-San, ULT is used by more than 1000 customers in Japan. “This acquisition will reinforce our presence in Japan” explains Charles Besson, Questel’s CEO, “and accelerate our growth in the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) industry”.
