BDA: Vincent, please give us an overview of CPA North America.

Mr. Brault: CPA is the leading provider of intellectual property services serving the legal community; has been in business for almost 40 years and serves 40,000 customers. Today we have 1,100 staff in 16 offices. We specialize in outsourced legal services including Intellectual Property, Litigation Support, and Contract Management solutions. CPA initially built the business around the management of IP maintenance fees for a mix of corporations and law firms. Around 2000, CPA began actively diversifying offering software to manage Intellectual Property portfolios for both law firms and corporations. CPA further broadened its product portfolio offering other capabilities such as patent searching, patent analytics, and Legal Process Outsourcing both in Intellectual Property (proofreading, illustration, docketing, and paralegal work), litigation support and contract management. Our solutions help our clients realize profitable revenue through cost reduction, increased capacity, and risk management.   More....