ICAP Ocean Tomo Now Accepting Patent Submissions for Spring 2011 Live IP Auction March 30-31st in New York City

CHICAGO, December 15, 2010 - ICAP Ocean Tomo (www.icapoceantomo.com), the intellectual property
brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L) and the world's premier patent auction
firm is now accepting patent submissions (
icapoceantomo.com/auction/submitip) for the upcoming Spring 2011 Live
IP Auction to be held March 30-31st in New York City.

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The event will include an opening dinner on the evening of March 30th at
the world famous Cipriani Wall Street, former home of the New York Stock
Exchange. The ICAP Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction will follow on March 31st at
New York City landmark Capitale.

ICAP Ocean Tomo is accepting patent submissions across all technology
sectors including:

    -- Consumer Electronics                -- Life Sciences
    -- Computer Systems & Software         -- Location Based Technologies
    -- Digital Music & Video               -- Medical Devices
    -- Digital Rights Management           -- Memory & Data Storage
    -- eCommerce & Web Services            -- Online & Mobile Commerce
    -- Insurance & Financial Services      -- RFID & Barcode Technology
    -- Integrated Advertising              -- Small Molecules
    -- Integrated Circuits &               -- Social Networking & Web 2.0
        Semiconductors
    -- Integration Technology              -- Video Compression & Streaming
    -- Interactive Media / Touch-Screen    -- User Interface Technology
    -- Interface Technology                -- Voice-Recognition Technology
    -- Interactive TV & VOD                -- Wireless/Network Communications

To submit a patent, please visit
icapoceantomo.com/auction/submitip or contact Dean Becker at
Dean.Becker@us.icap.com.

About ICAP Ocean Tomo LLC

ICAP Ocean Tomo (www.icapoceantomo.com) is the intellectual
property brokerage division of ICAP and the world's premier patent auction
firm.

About ICAP

ICAP is the world's premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade
services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in
interest rates, credit, commodities, foreign exchange, emerging markets,
equities and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. ICAP
plc was added to the FTSE 100 Index on 30 June 2006. For more information go
to www.icap.com.

Cali Munoz of ICAP Ocean Tomo, +1-312-618-8385, cali.munoz at us.icap.com