Managing Rights Management

KAIST and Digimarc Watermarking Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to KAIST (KR), the first application discloses techniques for three-dimensional mesh model watermarking method using segmentation. Assigned to Digimarc, the second application discloses techniques for rendering image content that include... Read more →

Adobe and Gracenote Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent addresses techniques for content creation and licensing control. Assigned to Gracenote, the second patent addresses techniques for generating and detecting a fingerprint functioning as a... Read more →

Encryptics and Sony DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Encryptics, LLC, the first application discloses techniques for digital rights management of documents. Assigned to Sony, the second application discloses techniques for statutory license restricted digital media playback... Read more →

Intel and Ericsson DRM Patents

Newly issued patents are published by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intel, the first of today's patents addresses a digital rights management handler and related methods. Assigned to Ericsson (SE), the second patent addresses DRM plugins. 9,710,620, "Digital... Read more →

Globalive XMG Watermarking and Disney Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New patent applications are published on Thursdays. This week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital watermarking and digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Globalive XMG (CA), the first application disclose techniques for using watermarking in a broadcast AR [augmented reality] layer. Assigned to Disney, the second application discloses techniques for the automated... Read more →

Xerox and Nielsen Digital Watermarking Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital watermarking. Assigned to Xerox, the first patent addresses techniques for 3D printer steganography. Assigned to Nielsen, the second patent addresses techniques for down-mixing compensation for audio watermarking. 9,706,076, "3D printer steganography,"... Read more →

Gracenote and Dolby Digital Fingerprinting Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of this week's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital fingerprinting. Assigned to Gracenote, the first application discloses a computing system with content-characteristic-based trigger feature. Assigned to Dolby, the second application discloses techniques for acquisition, recovery, and matching of... Read more →

Samsung and Kaspersky DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays including holidays such as the 4th of July. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung, the first patent addresses techniques for transmitting and receiving message for downloadable CAS [Conditional Access System] or DRM... Read more →