"The mix and scope of IP legal work has changed dramatically in recent times... our clients are taking an increasingly proactive approach to IP"
Thomas Reimann, Head of Intellectual Property, Clifford Chance Continental Europe
"The number of registered patent attorneys and agents is not growing fast enough to keep up with the growing number of patents"
James R Myers, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC
Legal professionals worldwide, from legal assistants to intellectual property litigators, use our patent and scientific information to help their clients protect and fully exploit their international intellectual property rights and make better informed business decisions.
Enhance the service you offer your clients
We can help you take advantage of one of the largest growth areas of legal practice, and effectively serve your clients in all areas of intellectual property law.
Using our patent and scientific information solutions and services you can:
- Conduct research for patent infringement cases and dispute resolution
- Prepare and prosecute patent applications on behalf of clients
- Recommend and enforce licensing strategies
- Evaluate clients' patent portfolios and identify core competencies
- Advise clients on patentability and patent filing strategies
- Conduct "freedom to practice" studies for clients
- Keep watch on the activities of clients' competitors
- Look for mergers and acquisitions targets for your clients
- Trace emerging technologies and identify key inventors for clients
Key Legal Profession Products from Thomson Scientific
Web of Science® - Access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information, author abstracts, and cited references from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.
Patent Profiles - Fast and accurate current awareness of patenting activity.
Document Solution® - Provides access to full-text items from virtually any publication within or outside of the ISI® database.
Derwent World Patents Index First ViewSM - The new, fast-alerting companion file to Derwent World Patents Index.
Thomson Patent Store - Obtain original patent documents from around the world quickly and easily.
Text Clustering - Transforms obscure, textual information into useful knowledge.
Delphion® - An easy to use solution offering business and professional researchers full-text patent documents from the world's leading patent authorities.
PatentLab-II - Quickly get the overall picture of your data.
Snapshot - Instantly see the meaningful information hidden in your search results.
Citation Link - Reveals all of a patent's citations - both backward and forward, in a graphical map.
Derwent World Patents Index® - Conduct precision searches of 14 million unique patent records, issued by 41 worldwide authorities and enhanced by our team of expert analysts.
Thomson Data Analyzer - Works with both in-house and commercial patent and scientific databases to deliver information snapshots and graphs providing unique insight into companies' portfolios and technology landscapes - the successor to the highly successful Derwent Analytics.
