media monitoring company, Encore Alerts, and the data analysis startup, Cosmify. In August 2017, Meltwater acquired Algo in combination of cash and stock. In March 2018, Meltwater acquired DataSift. In April 2018, Meltwater acquired Sysomos. In May 2020, Niklas de Besche took over as CEO from Jørn Lyseggen with Lyseggen continuing in the capacity of chairman of the board. In November 2020, Meltwater announced John Box as CEO. In December 2020, Meltwater listed on the Euronext Growth Oslo (ticker code: MWTR]). In December 2020, Meltwater became the title partner for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, an online chess tournament where the best players in the world compete in total of ten tournaments for a total prize pool of US$1.5 million. As part of that partnership, Magnus Carlsen, the four-time World Chess Champion, became a global brand ambassador for Meltwater. In 2021, Meltwater acquired five companies in the span of eight months. In March 2021, the Company announced an agreement to acquire Linkfluence, a French SaaS company which uses artificial intelligence to algorithmically mine social media for consumer insights. In April 2021, the Company announced an agreement to acquire their long-time partner, Klear, the market leader in the influencer marketing space. On June 18, 2021, Meltwater entered into an agreement to acquire Owler, a Silicon Valley innovator in the $30 billion market for business information, for $18.9 million in cash and $5.6 million in company equity. Litigation Meltwater has been involved in legal proceedings surrounding the legality of temporary copies and its online media clipping service. It was ruled unlawful in the United States under the "fair use" doctrine and lawful in the UK (under UK and EU copyright law). In the United States On March 21, 2013, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York rejected Meltwater's claims that its use of Web stories drawn from a scan of 162,000 news websites from more than 190 countries was a fair use of copyright-protected material, in a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press. All claims and counterclaims were dismissed in July 2013. In the UK The case revolved around whether a client lacking a license would infringe copyright by being shown, and viewing, the extracts from copyrighted material in this way (it was common ground that to subsequently view a full article would require a license). and was due to be heard in February 2011. In mid-March