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DMRC 9.96 Digimarc Licensee Announces Availability of Audio Watermark Technology for High-Definition DVD Formats
Verance Yesterday Announced that it is Licensing Content Protection Technology Adopted by AACS and Major Motion Picture Studios to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Manufacturers
Jul 3, 2007 9:00:00 AM
Copyright Business Wire 2007

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today reported that Verance Corporation, a licensee of Digimarc's patent portfolio for the use of audio watermarking technology in media content management and media information products and services, has announced immediate availability of its audio watermark technology for licensing by manufacturers of Blu-ray and HD-DVD players and components. For more information, please read Verance's press release at http://www.verance.com/news/releases/07-02-07.html.

According to Digimarc, the effect of this development on Digimarc's earnings may be material in future years depending on the popularization of the new DVD formats and other factors associated with successful deployment of the selected watermarking technology.

About Digimarc

Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading supplier of secure identity and media management solutions. Digimarc provides products and services that enable the annual production of more than 60 million personal identification documents, including two-thirds of U.S. driver licenses and IDs for more than 25 countries. Digimarc's digital watermarking technology provides a persistent digital identity for various media content and is used to enhance the security of financial documents, identity documents and digital images, and support other media rights management applications.

Digimarc has an extensive intellectual property portfolio, with more than 300 issued U.S. patents with more than 6,000 claims, and more than 500 pending U.S. and foreign patent applications in digital watermarking, personal identification and related technologies. The Company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, with other U.S. offices in Burlington, Massachusetts; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and the Washington DC area; and international offices in London and Mexico. Please go to www.digimarc.com for more company information.

Securities Safe Harbor

With the exception of historical information contained in this release, the matters described herein contain certain "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the effect of Verance's licensing initiatives on our future net income, and other statements containing the words "believes," "expects," "estimates," "anticipates," "will" or words of similar import or statements of management's opinion. These statements are subject to certain assumptions, risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied from the statements herein or from historical results, due to factors affecting the acceptance of the Verance solution in its target markets and other changes in economic, business, competitive, technological and/or regulatory factors. More detailed information about risk factors that may affect actual results is set forth in filings by Digimarc with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, including but not limited to those described in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, in Part II, Item 7 thereof ("Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations") under the captions "Liquidity and Capital Resources" and "Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements" and in Part II, Item 9A thereof ("Controls and Procedures"). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's opinions only as of the date of this release. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements.

Source: Digimarc Corporation

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