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Questel acquires Research Disclosure and becomes a major player in Defensive Publication
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Washington, Paris, Tokyo, September 5th 2011
Questel, an online information service leader for over 40 years announced today the acquisition of Research Disclosure,
subsidiary
of Kenneth Mason Publication and historical player for «Defensive Publication».
«Defensive Publication consists in publishing an invention to establish a prior art preventing others from patenting the idea», explains Piers Mason CEO of KMP, «Questel appeared to us as the ideal buyer for the continuity of the service».
Through this investment, Questel wishes to offer its users an additional tool to enrich their intellectual property strategies.
«It is a straightforward and cost effective alternative to patenting where application and maintenance fees can be substantial» adds Charles Besson, Questel CEO, «Besides should the application be granted, which probability is rather low, the cost of defending a patent can be fearsome».
Besides, 50 years of defensive publications are an excellent Non-Patent-Literature source for prior-art needs and will be integrated into Fampat.
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About Questel:
Questel has been focusing on its core business, Intellectual Property since its inception in the early 70’s. We provide a suite of leading-edge patent, trademark and industrial design services to researchers, lawyers, scientists, and competitive intelligence professionals. Questel built Fampat, the largest databases collections in the world and available in our portal Orbit.com for searching, mapping, watching, archiving and sharing information, as well as analyzing and managing IP portfolios. Since 2007, Questel has been supported by the leading European mid-cap Private Equity investor, Syntegra Capital. For more information, please visit www.questel.com. |
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About Research disclosure: Research Disclosure launched in 1960 is operated by Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd and is the industry standard defensive publication service. Over the last 50 years more than 600 editions of the Research Disclosure journal have been published, containing tens of thousands of technical disclosures from all areas of science and technology. |
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About Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd: Kenneth Mason Publications Limited was founded in 1957 in central London by Kenneth Mason, formerly a Fleet Street journalist, and for half a century has thrived as an independent, family run, specialist publisher. The company is now headquartered in the beautiful village of Westbourne, on the Hampshire/Sussex border. Kenneth Mason Publications is a specialist publisher of maritime and nautical, general, diet and fitness and patent titles. |
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