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|company_name          =  Digimarc Corporation
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|company_type          =  [[Public company|Public]]<br />  
| traded_as  = {{nasdaq|DMRC}}
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|founder               =  Geoff Rhoads
|location_city         =  9405 SW Gemini Dr, [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]]
|location_country      =  {{nowrap|[[United States]]}}
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|key_people            =  [[Bruce Davis (video game industry)|Bruce Davis]], <small>CEO</small><br />Michael McConnell, <small>CFO</small><br />Robert Chamness, <small>CLO</small>
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|num_employees          =  93 (Dec'2010)
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|homepage               =  [http://www.digimarc.com/ www.digimarc.com]
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'''Digimarc '''is a [[digital watermark]]ing technology provider enabling the invisible embedding of information into many forms of content, including audio, video, imagery, and certain objects.  Digimarc technology provides solutions for media identification and management, counterfeit and piracy deterrence, and digital commerce.<ref>http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=dmrc</ref><ref>{{ci(contracted; show full)king plug-in bundled with Adobe Photoshop, Corel, and Micrografix.<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18652483.html</ref>  In 1997, Digimarc’s first patent was awarded.<ref>https://www.digimarc.com/media/release.asp?newsID=111</ref>  After a second round of venture funding and increased investments in research and technology, Digimarc signed a multi-year contract with a consortium of central banks.<ref>http://contracts.onecle.com/digimarc/counterfeit-license.shtml</ref>
      

In 2001, Digimarc acquired the ID Systems assets of bankrupt Polaroid Corporation and established Digimarc ID Systems, LLC.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-81034373.html</ref>  The acquisition gave Digimarc the resources to develop IDMarc, a secure driver license technology eventually adopted by 37 state DMVs.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-81034373.html</ref>  

In August 2008, Digimarc completed the sale of its ID card business to rival L-1 Identity Systems.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/01/19/focus4.html | first=Aliza | last=Earnshaw | title=$310M sale of Digimarc unit the biggest deal of 2008 | date=18 January 2009}}</ref> The new Digimarc corporation consists solely of its digital watermarking business and reincorporated as an Oregon company.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portlan(contracted; show full)Founding partner of the Digital Watermarking Alliance.<ref>http://www.digitalwatermarkingalliance.org/membership.asp</ref>

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