ADVISORY/Thomson Derwent Hosts Software Industry Roundtable in Silicon Valley; 'Protecting Your Bottom Line Using Software Patents'.

News & Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (November 12)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002

Thomson Derwent:

WHAT:       Roundtable featuring Gartner and leading technology
            companies in Silicon Valley to engage in discussion of
            topics related to intellectual property protection and
            software and business methods patenting

            The roundtable will be a platform for technology companies
            to:

            --  Discuss and share best practices for setting their
                intellectual property strategies

            --  Discuss various methods for using patents and other
                tools to capture, leverage and protect intellectual
                property

            --  Share strategies for handling the intellectual process
                within their organizations

WHO:            Thomson Derwent (http://www.derwent.com), a business
                of the Thomson Corporation, is the world's leading
                supplier of value-added patent and scientific
                information.

                Moderated by Colleen Young, Vice President/Research
                Director of Gartner. Featuring the following
                panelists:

            --  Anirma R. Gupta, Director, Software & Systems,
                Intellectual Property Law Group, Sun Microsystems,
                Inc.

            --  Dean A. Hovey, CEO, Magnaware / General Partner,
                Cinnabar Partners LLC

            --  Joseph J. Esposito, President & CEO, SRI Consulting

            --  Martin Fliesler, Partner, Fliesler Dubb Meyer &
                Lovejoy LPP

            --  Matt Brocklehurst, Global Marketing Manager,
                Engineering & Technology, Thomson Derwent

WHEN:       Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WHERE:      Garden Court Hotel
            520 Cowper Street
            Palo Alto, CA 94301
            Phone: [phone]

    For more information contact Pushpita Prasad at Edelman at
650/429.2723 or visit http://www.derwent.com/roundtable.