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Beaverton, Ore. — July 18, 2011 — Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) today announced that The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has ranked the Company as 33rd in its Top 50 Innovative Companies in Information Technology, as published by The Patent Board's Patent Scorecard. The Patent Board has developed more than 50 indicators that track global patent activity relating to companies' innovation, technology and science strengths and provides analysis for the WSJ. Digimarc is listed among technology heavyweights such as Apple, Google, Inc., and Oracle Corp.
Bruce Davis, Chairman and CEO, Digimarc, commented: "We appreciate this recognition of the potential impact of our technology on the technology industry and the role Digimarc hopes to play in enabling pervasive intuitive computing and facilitating the development of new business models in the ongoing transformation of the media & entertainment industry."
For more information about the ranking, please visit The Wall Street Journal online.
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading innovator and provider of enabling technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many everyday objects. The embedded digital IDs are imperceptible to humans, but not to computers, networks and devices like mobile phones, which can now use cameras and microphones as sensory inputs to "see, hear and understand" the world around them within the context of their environment. Digimarc has built an extensive intellectual property portfolio with patents in digital watermarking, content identification and management, media and object discovery to enable ubiquitous computing, and related technologies. Digimarc develops solutions, licenses its intellectual property, and provides development services to business partners across a range of industries. For more information, please visit www.digimarc.com.
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