A new ‘Goliath’: what's next after Clarivate/CPA deal?

It’s perhaps the biggest news the IP services sector has ever seen—but what will the Clarivate/CPA merger mean for competition in the industry? Rory O'Neill reports.

It’s perhaps the biggest news the IP services sector has ever seen—Clarivate Analytics will merge with CPA Global, creating what they say will be a “world leader” in the field. 

But the deal will leave smaller providers having to work harder to compete in a market that is being increasingly swallowed up by a select few.

The news is hugely significant for CPA Global, which itself acquired Clarivate’s IP management business in 2018. CPA shareholders will own 35% of what will be the undisputed, dominant player in the sector.