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LexisNexis(R) Expands Intellectual Property Solutions to Help Customers Protect Valuable Assets


    Designed to help customers protect valuable Intellectual Property
    (IP) assets, LexisNexis today introduced a new solution called IP
    DataDirect-Patents and unveiled enhancements to its suite of IP
    services. Additionally, LexisNexis announced it received an award
    nomination for TotalPatent.

    By expanding one of the most comprehensive databases of IP sources
    available, LexisNexis(R) customers have the ability to research
    full-text patents from 22 patenting authorities and more than 500
    full-text Elsevier Science Journals.

    The TotalPatent(TM) service now includes the world´s most complete
    full-text source of granted patents - including searchable PDFs -
    issued by the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, formerly
    the British Patent Office, from 1982 to current.

    The company introduced IP DataDirect-Patents, which allows
    customers to directly access IP information and populate that
    information into internal proprietary systems, to join the rapidly
    growing suite of global IP solutions from LexisNexis, which includes
    lexis.com(R), TotalPatent, PatentOptimizer(TM), Global IP Law Service,
    REEDFAX(R), and exclusive analytical content.

    "Protecting valuable assets - including patents, trademarks,
    copyrights, and trade secrets - is one of the most important tasks
    facing business and legal professionals today," said Peter
    Vanderheyden, vice president of Global Intellectual Property at
    LexisNexis. "The enhancements to LexisNexis Intellectual Property
    solutions are designed to help our customers make better business
    decisions by confidently developing, protecting and maintaining their
    valuable IP assets."

    LexisNexis(R) IP DataDirect-Patents

    A new addition to the suite of IP services is LexisNexis(R) IP
    DataDirect-Patents, which allows customers to directly access IP
    information and populate that information into internal proprietary
    systems. Customers who license data through IP DataDirect-Patents gain
    access to an unmatched collection of full-text data from 22 patent
    authorities - more sources than available from any other single
    provider.

    IP DataDirect-Patents includes:

    -- Bibliographic and abstract data from 96 authorities

    -- English-language machine translations

    -- Clipped images

    -- Legal status, forward and backward citations, and
    patent-family data

    -- PDF images in searchable, bookmarked, and compressed format

    The data is supplied in XML ST.36 format, which is the World
    Intellectual Property Organization´s standard for patent data. Daily
    updates are available through an FTP site 24 hours per day.

    TotalPatent, PatentOptimizer Enhancements

    LexisNexis is helping TotalPatent customers enhance their data
    analysis through a number of new features and services. For example,
    TotalPatent data is now available in an XML download, allowing
    customers to receive data for use in internal analytic or database
    systems. For customers looking to maximize the TotalPatent experience,
    LexisNexis is making its comprehensive help manual available as a
    downloadable PDF.

    Additionally, customers can use a new inventor/assignee look-up
    tool that allows them to search by the author of the patent. This
    allows them to perform analytics and to glean business intelligence
    from analysis of inventors and assignees. TotalPatent is now organized
    into patent families, enabling users to trace the original filing, as
    well as equivalent filings in other jurisdictions.

    LexisNexis enhancements to PatentOptimizer are designed to help
    customers streamline the patent process and protect valuable assets.
    For example, PatentOptimizer will support patent links that navigate
    directly into the TotalPatent service, allowing customers to check
    terms and references, as well as verify citations. Additionally,
    customers verifying claims can immediately compare and navigate
    multiple claim sets across a series of user-identified documents.

    TotalPatent Named CODiE Finalist

    TotalPatent, the world´s largest collection of searchable
    full-text and bibliographic IP information, was named a finalist in
    the 2008 Software & Information Industry Association´s CODiE Awards
    for "Best Online Science or Technology Service."

    "Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a
    CODiE Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president.
    "All the companies on this year´s list should feel justifiably proud
    of their recognition."

    A list of CODiE Finalists is at
    www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp.

    About LexisNexis

    LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of
    business information solutions to a wide range of professionals in the
    legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement,
    accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered
    online information with its Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) services. A member
    of Reed Elsevier (NYSE:ENL)(NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com),
    LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 13,000
    employees worldwide.