Intertrust Announces Patent Licensing Agreement with Nokia.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Intertrust Technologies InterTrust Technologies Corporation was founded by Victor Shear in 1990 to develop and market technologies for digital rights management (DRM). Its initial public offering (IPO) was in November 1999. It was purchased by Sony and Philips in November 2002. Corporation announced today that it has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Nokia Corporation. The license grants Nokia worldwide access to Intertrust's broad portfolio of inventions in the areas of digital rights management (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio.(2) (Digital Rights M ) and trusted computing Trusted Computing (also abbreviated TC) is a technology developed and promoted by the Trusted Computing Group. The term is taken from the field of trusted systems and has a specialized meaning. . Licensed technologies covered under the agreement include those relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. ), Marlin DRM specifications, and various trusted distributed mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings standards. Intertrust is a founding member of several initiatives promoting open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced in the DRM area including the Marlin Developer Community and the Marlin Trust Management Organization. "This license provides Nokia with the design freedom to deliver many advanced features in mobile computing," said Matti Kauppi, vice president of Intellectual Property Rights, Nokia. "We have previously worked with Intertrust and are pleased that our thinking regarding the development of DRM technology has once again come closer together." "Nokia is a wireless market leader whose innovative products continue to set and drive major mobile trends," said Talal Shamoon, chief executive officer of Intertrust. "We look forward to Nokia incorporating our technology into exciting new mobile devices and services that benefit content providers and consumers." About Intertrust Technologies Corporation Intertrust invents, develops and licenses intellectual property for Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted computing. The Company holds over 100 patents and has over 300 patent applications pending worldwide. Intertrust's inventions enable a broad range of products that use DRM and trusted computing technologies, including operating systems, digital media platforms, consumer electronics and mobile computing devices, web services, and secure enterprise automation. Intertrust is headquartered in Silicon Valley, has regional offices in London and Beijing and operates a joint research laboratory with Tsinghua University. |
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