Roche Selects Thomson Reuters to Transform the Management of Its Intellectual Property Assets
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Thomson IP Manager to unify work processes and foster global collaboration
Bingham Farms, MI, USA, September 5, 2012 - The Intellectual Property & Science
business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent
information for businesses and professionals, today announced that The Roche
Group, a leading provider of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products and
services, has selected Thomson IP Manager(®) to manage the organization's
expanding international patent portfolio. Thomson IP Manager, a premier
intellectual asset management (IAM) software solution, will improve company-wide
IP work processes and collaboration across the organization.
Headquartered in Switzerland, Roche is a research-focused company, discovering,
developing and providing innovative diagnostic and therapeutic products and
services to patients and healthcare professionals worldwide. With twelve patent
group sites in Asia, Europe and the United States, Roche needs a global solution
that will allow it to efficiently and effectively manage its valuable IP asset
portfolio, which grows by nearly 500 rights annually.
"Having been involved in various mergers and acquisitions, which culminated with
the Genentech merger in 2009, IP asset management has been a challenge within
our organization. Different business units around the world were using different
systems to manage our patent portfolio," said Karin Bruehlmann, Head of
Controlling, IT & Services Group Patents, The Roche Group. "Thomson IP Manager
is a modern, global solution that will help us minimize our current workload by
reducing manual processes and enabling effective collaboration between
departments to ensure our critical innovation assets remain protected."
According to Mrs. Bruehlmann, Roche also will utilize the Thomson IP Manager
integrated Data Validation Service to proactively identify and correct data
discrepancies in their patent portfolio, comparing data against the Thomson
Reuters Global Patent Collection. This comprehensive database comprises over 76
million patents for more than 70 issuing authorities. It ensures errors that
could affect critical prosecution and maintenance dates can be quickly caught
and fixed, reducing the risk of lost rights and costly delays.
"We are pleased to partner with Roche to provide unified workflow processes for
the IP team that will accelerate the time from idea to commercialization," said
Cynthia Murphy, senior vice president and general manager, Innovation and Asset
Management, Thomson Reuters. "As a leading provider of intellectual asset
management solutions, we are committed to supporting Roche in eliminating the
structural and geographical boundaries that exist due to the global and
acquisitive nature of their business."
For more information visit: https://thomsonipmanagement.com.
About Roche
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a leader in research-focused
healthcare with combined strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is
the world's largest biotech company with truly differentiated medicines in
oncology, virology, inflammation, metabolism and CNS. Roche is also the world
leader in in-vitro diagnostics, tissue-based cancer diagnostics and a pioneer in
diabetes management. Roche's personalized healthcare strategy aims at providing
medicines and diagnostic tools that enable tangible improvements in the health,
quality of life and survival of patients. Roche has 80,000 employees worldwide.
About Thomson IP Management Services
Businesses and law firms at the forefront of intellectual asset management
partner with Thomson IP Management Services. From ideation through prosecution
and commercialization, Thomson IP Management Services helps clients maximize the
value of their portfolio, keep it aligned with their business strategy and drive
global competitiveness. Their solutions integrate state-of-the-art portfolio
management technology, comprehensive IP payment services, IP management
consulting and a world-class IP rules collection to provide unparalleled support
of clients' patents, trademarks, licenses and other intellectual assets.
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for
businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative
technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the
financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science
and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With
headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota,
Thomson Reuters employs approximately 60,000 people and operates in over 100
countries. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.
CONTACT
Jennifer Figueroa
Thomson Reuters, IP Solutions
+1.972.342.9148
jennifer.figueroa(at)thomsonreuters.com
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