Managing Rights Management

Two Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thurdays the USPTO publishers pending patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Express Digital Graphics, the first application discloses techniques for creative works registration and ownership determinations using digital fingerprints. Assigned to Yahoo, the second application discloses techniques for content fingerprinting for video and/or... Read more →

Pantech and ContentGuard Digital Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues new patents. Digital watermarking continues to be a hot topic. Assigned to Pantech Co. (KR), the first of today's Spotlight Patents concerns techniques for reorganizing wavelength division multiplexing network using dynamic watermarks. Assigned to ContentGuard Holdings, the second patent concerns... Read more →

Hyrax Media And Microsoft DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today"s Spotlight Patent Applications concern aspects of DRM. Assigned to Hyrax Media (IL), the first application discloses techniques for legitimate lending and sharing of copyrighted content items over a network. Assigned to Microsoft, the second application discloses techniques using... Read more →

Canon and FujiFilm Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Digital watermarking continues to be a relatively "hot topic" for US issued patents (and for published patent applications).Assigned to Canon (JP), the first of today's Spotlight Patents concerns techniques for image processing using digital watermarks. Assigned, to FujiFilm, the second patent concerns a... Read more →

Fingerprinting and Watermarking Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Akamai, the first application discloses a dynamic multimedia fingerprinting system. The second application discloses techniques for digital watermarking. 20090259853, "Dynamic multimedia fingerprinting system," assigned to Akamai.... Read more →

Sony and Boeing Digital Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Sony (JP), the first patent concerns techniques for making wavelet watermarks resistant to affine transformations. Assigned to the Boeing company, the second patent concerns techniques for non-repudiation watermarking protection based on... Read more →

LG and Gateway Copy Protection Issued Patents

On Tuedays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of copy protection. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for encoding and using copy protection information in Blu-ray discs. Assigned to Gateway, the second patent concerns an optical jukebox with copy protection... Read more →

Siemens and Apple DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of DRM. Assigned to Siemens, the first application discloses techniques for managing user rights to electronic data objects by a person who acquires rights. Assigned to Apple, the second application discloses techniques for content... Read more →