Intertrust Announces Patent Licensing Agreement with Samsung Electronics.SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SEOUL, South Korea -- 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 and Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. have entered into a patent licensing agreement for all products made by the Samsung Digital Media & Communications (DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) ) Division. Licensed Samsung DMC products include a broad range of consumer electronics and mobile products such as mobile communicators and handsets, personal computers, set top boxes, portable media players, Blu-ray Disc A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. Overview The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. players, DVD players, Internet-enabled televisions, and home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. equipment. Samsung's license grants worldwide access to Intertrust's 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. portfolio of inventions to the aforementioned products. Licensed technologies covered under the agreement include 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. ) and Marlin DRM specifications, and other trusted computing technologies used in application and content protection. Samsung and Intertrust have collaborated closely with other major consumer electronics companies in founding and developing the Marlin DRM standard. "Samsung is a market leader in digital communications and consumer electronics," said Shawn Ambwani, vice president of licensing and business development for Intertrust. "We are pleased that Samsung has licensed our portfolio for their products and we look forward to growing our partnership in 2009." 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 a founder and leader of several DRM standards initiatives including Marlin and Coral. Intertrust is headquartered in Silicon Valley and has regional offices in London and Beijing. For more information please visit www.intertrust.com. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two main business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com. |
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