Managing Rights Management

MOAC and Factom Blockchain and Rights Management Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the USPTO on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications continue the theme of blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed. Assigned to MOAC, the first application discloses techniques for cross-chain messaging and message validation. Assigned to Factom, the second application discloses techniques... Read more →

Bull SAS and Michael Beck Blockchain and DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays. Today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of blockchain (distributed ledger, smart contracts) and digital rights management broadly construed. Assigned to Bull SAS (FR), the first application discloses techniques for the creation and management of decentralized authorizations for connected objects. Apparently assigned to Michael... Read more →

Microsoft and Sony and DRM Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first patent addresses techniques for supporting a plurality of content protection systems in a single container file. Assigned to Sony (JP), the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Intel and CSC Holdings DRM Patents

New patents are issued 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 technologies for supporting multiple digital rights management protocols on a client device. Assigned to CSC Holdings, the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Disney and Broadcom DRM Patents

The USPTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. This week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first patent addresses techniques related to a digital receipt for use with an interoperable keychest. Assigned to Broadcom, the second patent addresses techniques for the automatic conversion of multimedia... Read more →

Arris Enterprises and Thomson DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of this posting's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Arris Enterprises, the first application discloses techniques for fault-tolerant configuration and orchestration among multiple DRM systems. Assigned to Thomson (FR), the second application discloses techniques for bonding contents... Read more →

Spayce and Intel DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published on Thursdays by the USPTO. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Spayce, the first application discloses a virtual property system for collecting content files associated with a physical object having a unique identifier. Assigned to Intel, the... Read more →

Canopy and MobiTV DRM Patent Applications

New pending patent applications are published by the PTO on Thursdays. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Canopy, The first application discloses an enhanced detachable sensory-interface device for a wireless personal communication device. Assigned to MobiTV, the second application discloses techniques for media... Read more →

LG and Samsung DRM Patents

Happy New Year! The PTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for transmitting a resource and providing information in a resource in a Digital Rights Management (DRM) interoperable system. Assigned... Read more →

InterDigital and Samsung DRM Patents

Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to InterDigital, the first patent addresses techniques for digital rights management using trusted processing methods. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for digital rights management provisioning that can easily... Read more →

Adobe and General Instrument DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Apparently assigned to Adobe, the first application discloses techniques for migration between digital rights management systems without content repackaging. Assigned to General Instrument, the second application discloses techniques for content rights protection... Read more →

LG and ETRI DRM Patents

Tuesdays the PTO issues new patents. Both of this week's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for sharing rights object in digital rights management. Assigned to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (KR), the second patent addresses techniques... Read more →

Audible Magic and Digital Keystone DRM Patents

Tuesdays the patent office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Audible Magic, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for copyright detection and protection. Assigned to Digital Keystone, the second patent concerns techniques for conditional access and digital rights management.... Read more →

Samsung and Adobe DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the PTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first application discloses techniques for providing cloud-based digital rights management service. Assigned to Adobe, the second application discloses techniques for porting digital rights management service to... Read more →

Follett and Ericsson DRM Patent Applications

Thursdays the Patent Office publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Follett, the first application discloses techniques for distributing digital content to customers at a plurality of points of transaction that allows each content provider to use its own... Read more →

Microsoft and Postech DRM Patents

Tuesdays the Patent Office issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Microsoft, the first of today's patents concerns techniques for managing domains for digital media. Assigned to Postech Academy--Industry Foundation (KR), the second patent concerns techniques for providing DRM interoperability. 8,387,154,... Read more →

Adobe and Microsoft DRM Patents

Even on New Years, the USPTO issues new patents on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent concerns techniques for protecting a document with multiple digital rights management systems. Assigned to Microsoft, the second of today's patents concerns the... Read more →

Disney and ATT DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digtial rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first application discloses techniques for interoperable digital rights management. Assigned to AT&T, the second application discloses techniques for distributing digital content using DRM. 20120224696, "Interoperable Digital Rights... Read more →

Samsung and ETRI DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for temporarily using DRM contents. Assigned to ETRI (KR), the second patent addresses techniques for executing interoperable digital rights management 8,214,912, "Method and... Read more →

Disney and Samsung DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Disney, the first patent addresses techniques for interoperable DRM. Assigned to Samsung, the second patent addresses techniques for processing digital rights objects. 8,190,918, "Interoperable digital rights management," assigned to Disney.... Read more →

Adobe and IBM DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Adobe, the first patent concerns techniques for the dynamic enabling of functionality in electronic document readers. Assigned to IBM, the second patent concerns universal DRM support for devices. 8,151,114, "Dynamic... Read more →

Samsung and General Instrument 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 Samsung (KR), the first application discloses interoperability techniques for selecting a specific DRM service from among multiple services. Assigned to General Instrument, the second application discloses techniques for... Read more →

LG and Britesmart DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to LG Electronics (KR), the first patent addresses techniques for an DRM interoperable system. Assigned to Britesmart, the second patent addresses techniques to use, share and manage digital content by assigning... Read more →

NullRing and Sony DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to NullRing, the first patent pertains to techniques for limiting access to sensitive data. Assigned to Sony, the second patent pertains to key sharing techniques for DRM interoperability. 7,840,795, "Method and... Read more →

ETRI and Microsoft DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address aspects of DRM. Assigned to the Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute (KR), the first application discloses techniques relating to interoperability and DRM. Assigned to Microsoft, the second application discloses techniques for identifying DRM licenses. 20100071074,... Read more →

Two DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of DRM. Assigned to ConDel, the first application discloses techniques for performing interoperable digital rights management among different operating system platforms. The second application discloses techniques for copyright detection and protection, no assignee given.... Read more →

Microsoft and Nokia DRM Patents

On Tuesdays the USPTO publishes new patents. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of DRM. Assigned to Microsoft, the first patent concerns techniques for converting content protection from conditional access to DRM systems. Assigned to Nokia, the second patent concerns techniques for dynamically enforcing digital rights management rules. 7,546,641,... Read more →

The CCIA On Interoperability and DRM

As noted, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a public hearing in Seattle on DRM and it's impact on consumers. More than 800 submissions were received, including several from various vendors and trade associations. Among the latter submitting written comments from the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), a trade... Read more →

Adobe Opens Up RTMP But Keeps DRM Under Wraps

Ars Technica reports that Adobe is opening up its Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), its widely used streaming media protocol. At the same time, Adobe is taking legal steps to protect the DRM components used in conjunction with RTMP. Adobe has declined publish details about RTMP's DRM mechanism and will expressly... Read more →

InformationWeek - Another Apple Anti-trust Law Suit

InformationWeek reports that another anti-trust suit requesting class action status has been filed against Apple. To promote interoperability, part of the suit demands that Apple open its platforms to other DRM standards and media formats. But in all these cases the first order of business is to assert that the... Read more →