Managing Rights Management

AT&T and NEC Watermarking Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to AT&T, the first application discloses techniques for watermarked media content in IPTV or iTV networks. Assigned to NEC (JP), the second application discloses techniques for digital content management and... Read more →

Google and Zeitera Digital Fingerprinting Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Google, the first patent addresses techniques for document near-duplicate detection. Assigned to Zeitera, the second patent addresses techniques for media fingerprinting and identification. 8,364,686, "Document near-duplicate detection," assigned to Google. Abstract... Read more →

Tata and Huawei DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (IN), the first application discloses techniques for enterprise digital rights management. Assigned to Huawei Technologies (CN), the second application discloses technques for making system constraints... Read more →

Adobe and Nvidia DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe Systems, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management using digital signatures. Assigned to Nvidia, the second patent addresses techniques for secure content enabled drive digital rights management.... Read more →

IV's 3D Printing DRM Patents and Applications

At recent International CES shows, I've been eyeballing 3D printer technologies and vendors. Last October, Ryan Whitwam wrote that: While you were busy getting yourself all worked up and declaring 3D printing the beginning of a new age, one of the most maligned figures in modern patent law is preparing... Read more →

Two Dell Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and both are assigned to Dell. The first application disclose techniques for data transfer reduction in scale out architectures. The second application discloses techniques for accelerated data deduplication. 20130019061, "Data transfer reduction... Read more →

Samsung and Toshiba DRM Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first of today's patents concerns techniques for protecting digital content in a digital rights management (DRM) system. Assigned to Toshiba (JP), the second patent concerns an AV communication... Read more →

International CES 2013: Observations

#CES #CES2013 As the 2013 International CES (no longer officially the "Consumer Electronics Show") winds down in Las Vegas, a few observations. The show broke records in terms of show floor space--1.9 million square feet-- and attendance--150,000 people. The show felt much more crowded than it did last year. Long... Read more →

IBM and Siemens DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spolight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to IBM, the first application discloses techniques for DRM including a user registration request. Assigned to Siemens (DE), the second application discloses techniques for making EDRM-protected data objects available. 20130007894,... Read more →

Thomson Watermarking and Rovi Fingerprinting Patents

Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting and digital watermarking. Assigned to Thomson, the first of today's patents addresses techniques for fault detection using embedded watermarks. Assigned to Rovi, the second patent addresses techniques for for audio recognition. 8,352,810, "Fault detection using embedded... Read more →