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{{Infobox company
|name          =  Digimarc Corporation
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|type          =  [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as  = {{NASDAQ|DMRC}}
|foundation            =  1995
|founder               =  Geoff Rhoads
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== 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 name="finance.yahoo.com"/> 
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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In 1996, after initial venture funding,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-18651302/digimarc-receives-funding-4.html | work=The Seybold Report on Internet Publishing | title=Digimarc receives funding of $4.5M. (AVI Capital, Adobe Ventures, Just Systems and Softbank provide capital) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article) | date=1 September 1996}}</ref> Digimarc released its first product: a digital watermarking 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>{{CN}}

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.

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*[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''

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