Company: DMRC
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-132290
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Company: Digimarc CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2025 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DIGIMARC CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

| Oregon                          |     | 26-2828185         |
| (State or other jurisdiction of 
 incorporation or organization)  |     | -I.R.S. Employer   
 Identification No. |

8500 SW Creekside Place Beaverton, Oregon 97008 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) DIGIMARC CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the plan) Charles Beck Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Digimarc Corporation 8500 SW Creekside Place Beaverton, Oregon 97008 503-469-4800 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: John R. Thomas Perkins Coie LLP 1120 NW Couch Street, Tenth Floor Portland, Oregon 97209-4128 503-727-2000 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-acceleratedfiler, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer |     | ☐ |     | Accelerated filer         |     | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer   |     | ☒ |     | Smaller reporting company |     | ☒ |
|                         |     |   |     | Emerging growth company   |     | ☐ |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “”) are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report