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Nuance has a plan CPA Globals buys There were a few raised eyebrows following the First to File recent acquisition of Copitrak in North America by Nuance, particularly because Nuance had already The IP management to LPO services company CPA bought Copitrak’s long-time rival Equitrac. What Global has acquired First to File, a Silicon Valley- users wanted to know was what did the deal mean based developer of SaaS document management in the longer term and was there any significance and collaboration solutions for corporate IP in the different language used in the letters sent to departments and law firm IP practices, including existing Copitrak and Equitrac users? the market leading Electronic File Room system. We spoke to Mike Rich, the former CEO Commenting on the deal, CPA Global of Equitrac, now general manager of Nuance’s CEO Peter Sewell said “There is a clear trend Document Imaging Business, and Chris within the IP community to move from paper to Wyszkowski, another former senior Equitrac electronic document storage, driven by executive and now director on imaging operations. technological advances and changing business Rich admitted there was a slight difference in the practices, as well as cost and sustainability nuance of the letters’ language but “it was considerations. Clients have been increasingly definitely not a signal of preference of one product seeking support of paperless IP management, and over the other.” He went on to add there would be I’m delighted CPA can now provide this as part of a “harmonizing” of the products over time but the our portfolio of value-added IP management innovation “would be beneficial to all users.” services, with the acquisition of First To File.” Rich also conceded that as a result of all CPA and First To File already have a the acquisitions Nuance has made in the imaging number of clients using both companies’ products sector in recent years “there were some acquisition and the acquisition will accelerate product disconnects” but now the integration was integration. First To File will continue to support complete and the company was able to offer a third-party IP management and docketing systems. complete suite of products covering everything from OCR scanning, PDF technology, print management and cost recovery. In this issue... “The market is now all about embedded systems running on MFPs (multifunction printers) • Who’s in & who’s out? The latest UK + EMEA + rather than dedicated terminals,” said Wyszkowski. US wins, deals & swapouts ...2, 3, 6, 7 & 8 “We are sensitive to customer needs and • Picture it settled with artificial intelligence ...5 perceptions and one thing we have seen is they • New version of Insider 200 chart out ...5 want a complete solution. Just as the trend is away • Fresh on the Radar new product ...10 from multiple devices (printers, scanners, copiers, • LawTech Futures Reader Special Offer ...12 faxes) and consoles, so they also want one • Ediscovery & litigation support news ...12 integrated software solution rather than four • APAC news ...13 separate point solutions. 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