• About
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer
  • Oregon IP Resources

Oregon Intellectual Property Blog

Oregon Intellectual Property Blog

Tag Archives: Digimarc

Digimarc Ranked Among Top Information Technology Leaders

10 Thursday Nov 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Intellectual Property, Oregon, Patent

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

Digimarc, Information Technology, Wall Street Journal

Congrats go out to Beaverton, Oregon-based Digimarc Corporation, which recently entered the top 10 of The Wall Street Journal’s Patent Scorecard of leading innovators in the information technology industry.

Ranked at #9 overall, Digimarc has the highest Industry Impact score in the top 50. According to The Wall Street Journal, Industry Impact indicates the extent to which others are building upon a portfolio of issued US utility patents as compared to the total set of utility patents in the industry. As the chart below indicates, Digimarc maintains far less patents than most companies on the list, but those patents they do hold are extremely valuable.

Digimarc is a leading innovator and provider of enabling technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many everyday objects. Digimarc has built an extensive intellectual property portfolio with patents in digital watermarking, content identification and management, media and object discovery to enable ubiquitous computing, and related technologies.

Click image for full WSJ Patent Board.

Oregon Patent Litigation Update – Digimarc v. Shazam

18 Wednesday Nov 2009

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Patent

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Bruce Davis, Digimarc, Shazam

Digimarc Corporation has filed a complaint for patent infringement against Shazam Entertainment, Ltd. According to Shazam, it is the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, used by more than 50 million people in over 150 countries. Digimarc asserts that Shazam’s music identification technology infringes three of Digimarc’s patents, including two patents dating back to 1995. Digimarc’s patents relate to technology that enables devices to identify audio and visual content and immediately link the consumer to associated internet services.

“We prefer negotiated business relations over litigation, but having not made progress in initiating such discussions, we are heading to court to enforce our patents,” stated Bruce Davis, chairman and CEO of Digimarc. “While we are comfortable seeking help from the courts to enforce our intellectual property rights where they are not properly respected, our general approach is to foster adoption of our technologies by establishing mutually profitable business relationships in which we receive fair consideration for our innovations while supporting continued progress toward the realization of a shared vision.” Digimarc has invented a range of technologies that employ cameras, microphones and other sensors to enable instant identification of all forms of media content. The contextual awareness of the phone combined with instant object identification enables new, more efficient and higher quality methods to search without text input. Applications like Shazam use Digimarc’s innovations to provide more intuitive means for users to search for and get delivery of rich Internet experiences.


Please leave a comment with your contact information if you’d like a copy of the full complaint.

Source: EarthTimes

Categories

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Oregon Intellectual Property Blog
    • Join 147 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Oregon Intellectual Property Blog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...