"Next-Generation" Federated Search: Critical for Intellectual Property Research

"Next-generation federated search technologies are quickly becoming an essential and indispensable tool for attorneys, paralegals, expert witnesses, and owners of IP to create, protect, monitor and litigate their intellectual property portfolios.
Such technology provides a significant advantage over traditional forms of search, because it greatly speeds research; helps ensure a more comprehensive search; provides real-time results; can include social networking information from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and others; and most importantly, keeps researchers apprised of new material on a daily basis. [...]"

(source: DeepWeb Technologies / via Federated Search, 11/07/09)