QANTM Intellectual Property snares bid; MA Moelis on scene

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QANTM may not be a household name, but it commands respectable market share on its patch. It owns Davies Collison Cave, one of Asia-Pacific’s largest patent and trademark attorney firms. Two of Australia’s top-three agents for trademark applications, Sortify.tm and DCC, are also in its stables. The M & A interest comes at a time when QANTM, capitalised at $161 million on the ASX, has just reported its strongest set of numbers since it listed in 2017. While its shares have risen 23 per cent in the past 12 months, the business is still a long way off the $295...