[rights] [news] Contentguard/Sony Licensing Deal...

[John Erickson <john_erickson@hplb.hpl.hp.com>]

Note that this follows the recent Sony/Phillips announcement of their intent to
purchase Intertrust...John

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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/021203/049268.html

Contentguard Licenses Patented Digital Rights Management Technologies
to Sony For Development, Manufacturing and Marketing of its Products
and Services
Tuesday December 3, 9:00 am ET

BETHESDA, MD--(INTERNET WIRE)--Dec 3, 2002 -- ContentGuard Inc. today
announced a global licensing agreement with Sony Corporation. Under
the agreement ContentGuard, which has a large portfolio of Digital
Rights Management (DRM) related technologies, including early foundation
patents covering DRM systems and digital rights languages, has licensed
its DRM intellectual property to Sony for the development, manufacturing
and marketing of Sony products and services. ContentGuard will receive
license fees for Sony products and services that utilize patented
ContentGuard DRM technologies.

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