Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Launch of Thomson Innovation in Taiwan Enables Customers to Enhance Their Intellectual Property Research and Business Decision-Making

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today the launch of Thomson Innovation(SM), the international award- winning premier intellectual property (IP) research and analysis solution ( www.thomsoninnovation.com ) to enhance productivity and decision making for enterprises and IP, legal and R&D professionals in Taiwan.

Thomson Innovation was most recently named one of the 100 best information technology (IT) projects of 2008 by Infoworld, an International Data Group IT online media and events business. Earlier in 2008, Thomson Innovation was recognized by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 most technologically significant products introduced to the marketplace in the past year.

Thomson Innovation integrates IP, scientific literature, business data and news with analytic, collaboration and alerting tools. Researchers, information professionals, attorneys and analysts can simultaneously search global patent data, Taiwan and Asian patent sources, scientific literature, as well as business and news content to help their companies inspire innovation, drive strategy, increase productivity and gain a critical competitive advantage.

As the world's leading provider of Asia-Pacific patent content in English including Japanese full-text, Korean abstracts and editorially-enhanced abstracts of Chinese utility models and Chinese applications from 2007 to present, Thomson Innovation helps customers effectively track and manage global activity.

Thomson Innovation supports strategic IP decision making through powerful analysis and visualization tools, such as charting, citation mapping and search result ranking. The tracking functionality enables the centralized control of managing research done across an organization, including reporting options for client charge backs and cost allocation.

Customers also benefit from powerful functionality such as the ThemeScape landscape visualization tool which enables at-a-glance view of search results including first-level patent data, value-added patent information from Derwent World Patents Index(R) (DWPI), and scientific literature (comprising Web of Science(R), Current Contents Connect(R), INSPEC(R) and ISI Proceedings). DWPI is the world's most comprehensive database of enhanced patent documents.

Said Mr. Gary Liang, Senior Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Thomson Reuters, "We understand our Taiwan customers' IP needs and the challenging business environment they operate in. Thomson Innovation meets our customers' demand for complete, reliable information and premium content from DWPI for worldwide IP research plus powerful applications and analytics on one robust platform for optimum effectiveness. This total solution helps them save time and money, accelerate their business decisions and optimize their IP assets in today's competitive marketplace."

Thomson Innovation will be launched in Taiwan at workshops held in Taipei, Hsinchu and Tainan from February 25-27. For registration, visit http://www.isiuser.com/event20090225-27.html .

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, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare 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 more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com .

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