Managing Rights Management

Vendor, Organization Lists Updated

All the lists in the left and right columns have been reviewed. Most have been updated with additional or corrected entries. Each link have been tested and updated as appropriate. Read more →

Sun and Microsoft Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Happy Thanksgiving to all. On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Sun, the first application discloses techniques for media fingerprint indexing. Assigned to Microsoft, the second application discloses techniques for verifying the integrity of remote data using... Read more →

IBM And Microsoft Rights Management Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern DRM. Assigned to IBM, the first patent addresses techniques for controlling access to wirelessly broadcast electronic works during playback. Assigned to Microsoft, the second patent addresses device registration within a digital rights management framework. 7,620,362, "Controlling access... Read more →

Mitsubishi Watermarking and Thomson Fingerprinting Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Today's Spotlight Applications concern digital watermarking and fingerprinting. Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric (JP), the first application discloses techniques for electronic watermarking embedding and detection. Assigned to Thomson, the second application discloses techniques for object oriented fingerprinting of digital videos. 20090285442, "Electronic watermark... Read more →

Microsoft and IBM DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents.Today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of DRM. Assigned to Microsoft, the first patent concerns techniques for device registration within a DRM framework. Assigned to IBM, the second patent concerns techniques for controlling access to wirelessly broadcast electronic works during playback. 7,620,809, "Method and system... Read more →

Apple And NEC DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of DRM. Assigned to Apple, the first application discloses techniques for protecting audio and video on media playback devices. Assigned to NEC, the second application discloses protecting digital content on mobile devices. 20090282245, "Security method... Read more →

Panasonic and Ericsson DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address various uses of encryption in DRM. Assigned to Panasonic the first patent concerns the use of encryption in copyright protection. Assigned to Ericsson, the second patent concerns encryption-based techniques for DRM. 7,617,402, "Copyright protection system, encryption device,... Read more →

Music Gate And Toshiba Digital Watermarking Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking, which continues to be a hot topic. Assigned to Music Gate, the first patent addresses techniques for synthesizing electronic transparent audio watermarks. Assigned to Toshiba (JP), the second patent addresses techniques for generating... Read more →