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{{Infobox company
|company_name          =  Digimarc Corporation
|company_logo          =
|company_type          =  [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as  = {{NASDAQ|DMRC}}
|foundation            =  1995
|founder               =  Geoff Rhoads
|location_city         =  9405 SW Gemini Dr, [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]]
|location_country      =  {{nowrap|[[United States]]}}
|area_served           =  Worldwide
|key_people            =  [[Bruce Davis (video game industry)|Bruce Davis]], <small>CEO</small><br />Michael McConnell, <small>CFO</small><br />Robert Chamness, <small>CLO</small><br />Ed Knudson, <small>EVP Sales &amp; Marketing</small>,<br />Joel Meyer, <small>EVP IP, IP Legal</small>
|industry              =  Technology
|products              = 
|revenue                = ~[[US$]]36 million (2011)
|operating_income       =
|net_income             =
|assets                 =
|equity                 =
|num_employees          =  109 (August 2012)
|slogacaption                 =
|subsid                 =
|homepage               =  [http://www.digimarc.com/ www.digimarc.com]
|footnotes              =  [http://twitter.com/DigimarcCorp twitter.com/DigimarcCorp] [http://www.youtube.com/DigimarcCorp www.youtube.com/DigimarcCorp]
}}

'''Digimarc '''is a [[digital watermark]]ing technology provider enabling the invisible embedding of information into many forms of content, including printed material, audio, video, imagery, and certain objects. Digimarc technology provides solutions for media identification and management, counterfeit and piracy deterrence, and digital commerce.<ref name="finance.yahoo.com">http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=dmrc</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/companies/digimarc-corporation/index.html | work=The New York Times | title=Business > Companies > Digimarc Corporation | first=Denise | last=Caruso}}</ref>

== History ==
Digimarc was founded by Geoff Rhoads, an astrophysicist with a background in deep space imaging. Initial inspiration for the company came while photographing images of the planet Jupiter. He felt that his digital images were vulnerable on the internet, even with copyright protection.<ref>http:// name="finance.yahoo.com"/q/pr?s=dmrc</ref> Recognizing the need for a better way to protect and track digital images, Rhoads began the initial research and development of invisible watermarking, laying the foundation of Digimarc Corporation, which was founded in May, 1995.<ref>https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller</ref><ref>http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.do_name_srch?p_name=DIGIMARC&p_regist_nbr=&p_srch=PHASE1&p_print=FALSE&p_entity_status=ACTINA</ref>

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Digimarc is identified <ref name=SoftwareDetection>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/projects/currency/ Software Detection of Currency], http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk, Accessed 2010-04-25</ref> as the developers of a [[Digital Rights Management|DRM]] system used on bank notes of several countries. Developed for the [[Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group]]
  ,<ref name=PressRelease>[http://www.rulesforuse.org/pub/index.php?lang=en&page=pressreleases Central banks and technology industry join to combat banknote counterfeiting], Press release 9 March 2004. Accessed 2009-10-10.</ref>, the system embeds various hidden patterns into banknote designs which are detected by code included in several popular image editing programs, including Adobe [[Photoshop]] and [[Paint Shop Pro]]  .<ref name=SoftwareDetection/>. Digimarc's system blocks users from opening images identified as bank notes.

In 2001, Digimarc acquired the ID Systems assets of bankrupt Polaroid Corporation and established Digimarc ID Systems, LLC.<ref name="encyclopedia.com">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. name="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/por(contracted; show full)/news/Beaverton-company-innovates-smartphone-tech-213050191.html | work=KGW Newschannel 8 | title=Beaverton Company Innovates Smartphone Tech | date=25 June 2013}}</ref> The print-to-mobile aspect of this service is similar in functionality to [[QR codes]], but differs by embedding the web connection into an image for use in print layout.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.luxurydaily.com/starwood-equips-print-ads-with-digital-watermarks-to-incorporate-mobile-marketing | work=Luxury Daily | title=
"Starwood leverages print ads for multichannel content" | date=21 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.geekwire.com/2012/print-pinterest-digimarc-debuts-expanded-digital-watermarking-technology-house-beautiful-magazine/ | work=Geekwire | title="From print to Pinterest: Digimarc expands digital watermarking service" | date=21 May 2012}}</ref> Digimarc for Images (formerly MyPictureMarc) is a photographer's tool to embed digital watermarks into digital images for persistent and unobtrusive copyright and ownership communication.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/money/consumer/dont_waste_your_money/why-some-of-your-photos-could-end-up-in-the-wrong-hands-and-what-you-can-do-about-it | work=WXYZ ABC Action News | title="Why some of your photos could end up in the wrong hands and what you c(contracted; show full)
*[http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2011/02/04/digimarc-seeks-to-build-on-strong-2010.html?page=all Digimarc seeks to build on strong 2010] - ''Portland Business Journal''

[[Category:Companies based in Beaverton, Oregon]]
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[[Category:Digital watermarking]]
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