HOME/ ABOUT/ HISTORY OF DIGIMARC History of Digimarc Riley McCormack appointed President & CEO Sandeep Dadlani & Sheela Zemlin joined Board of Directors; Alicia Syrett elected Chairwoman Digimarc offerings made available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace Digimarc announces plans to acquire EVRYTHNG to support greater product digitization and intelligence Digimarc digital watermarks advance to semi-industrial trials with the influential HolyGrail 2.0 recycling initiative 2021 2020 Homes & Land added Digimarc to 27 million magazines in 150 U.S. metro markets Digimarc Barcode focus of plastics industry HolyGrail 2.0 recycling initiative with over 100 global leaders Powered Walmart Toy Catalog's "Scan & Shop" for the second consecutive year Digimarc & Netto Marken-Discount received prestigious industry awards for connected packaging Principal R&D Engineer Sprague Ackley named “Professional of the Year” by AIM North America TCM|Strategic Partners invested $53.5 million in Digimarc; Alicia Syrett and Riley McCormack joined Board of Directors Digimarc Barcode approved for GMO disclosures by USDA Announces Walmart as customer Signatory to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Launches comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) Digimarc, HP offer serialized packaging solution Supports GS1 Digital Link standard 2019 2018 Microsoft adds Digimarc Barcode detection to Windows platform Digimarc announces support for SmartLabel® product transparency information Digimarc previews new mathematically-derived Signal Rich™ art containing codes at Adobe MAX 2018 Digimarc announces first Adobe Illustrator® extension for creating connected packaging Opened offices in Cologne, Germany and Tokyo, Japan Bizerba integrates Digimarc technology into its retail scales to print labels with Digimarc Barcode WestRock Company collaborates with Digimarc and EVRYTHNG to launch connected packaging solution 100+ new patents issued in 2017, including compelling innovations in Digimarc Barcode enhancement and verification, augmented reality and machine learning 2017 2016 Began collaborating with GS1 US and GS1 Germany to accelerate adoption of the DWCODE™ Digimarc Discover® Mobile SDK integrated into Rovio's "Angry Birds Action!®" game, a free download based on The Angry Birds Movie Oregon-based grocery chain New Seasons Market® adopted Digimarc Barcode Raised $40 million from secondary public offering Partnered with leading retail scanner vendors: Zebra, Honeywell and NCR Received Emmy Award® for Technology & Engineering, honoring the company's work in the entertainment industry Wegmans Food Markets® became the first retail customer, enhancing its private-label products with the Digimarc Barcode Increased investment in sales & market development and delivery of Digimarc Discover and Barcode 2015 2014 Partnered with Shazam® to allow its mobile app users discover content in print media Set new Guinness World Record® for fastest time to scan and bag 50 grocery food items in 51.91 seconds, beating the previous record of 75 seconds Joined the GS1 US Solution Partner Program to implement the Digimarc Barcode Ranked number four in Oregon Business' "100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon" Partnered with Datalogic, a leading retail scanner vendor Acquired Attributor Corporation®, a company specializing in content protection services for ebook piracy; service now known as Digimarc Guardian Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue utilized Digimarc Discover for interactive content 2012 2011 Inaugurated the Digimarc Discover Online Services Portal, an online tool giving publishers and advertisers a method of easily enhancing printed materials with the Digimarc Barcode Developed the Intuitive Computing Platform suite — featuring Digimarc Discover software — enabling computers to see, hear and engage with the world. This has evolved into today's Digimarc Barcode Manager where companies can manage and create barcodes 2010 2009 IEEE recognized Digimarc as having the third most valuable patent portfolio among software companies Sold identification card business for $315 million and targeted new markets including content protection, media enhancement, and more 2008 2007 Teamed up with The Nielsen Company® to use watermarking technology for video content related to its media measurement business; the two companies are still partners today Launched Digimarc ImageBridge 2005™ for advanced image identification and search capabilities 2005 2004 Digimarc named top-ranked among 25 fastest growing companies by Forbes magazine Had become the largest user of fingerprint and facial matching technology other than the U.S. government as part of its driver license security business Michigan issued the first enhanced U.S. driver license featuring Digimarc technology to ensure authenticity 2003 2002 Bruce Davis elected Chairman of the Board of Directors Featured in the book, Ten Stocks that Could Change the World, which highlighted Digimarc-based applications, and the book’s front cover was enhanced by a Digimarc digital watermark Acquired a business division of Polaroid Corporation, using those assets to establish Digimarc ID Systems®, an identification card business that would eventually enhance driver licenses in 37 states 2001 2000 At the height of its influence, Wired became the first publisher to deliver a digitally-enhanced magazine featuring Digimarc technology Signed multi-year contract with a consortium of banks to develop a global system deterring the creation and use of unauthorized digital copies of banknotes Went public with its Initial Public Offering (IPO), raised more than $90 million; listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange as DMRC Launched MediaBridge® (the predecessor to Digimarc Barcode®), the world's first broadly deployed solution to seamlessly transport readers from printed media to web content 1999 1997 Bruce Davis appointed CEO Awarded first digital-watermarking patent, part of a portfolio of nearly 1,100 patented innovations today First venture funding totaling $4.5 million, more than any early-stage company had raised in Oregon in the prior decade Adobe® became a principal Digimarc investor by acquiring 10% of the company First product released: a software plug-in for applying digital watermarks to images, the first third-party add-on bundled with Adobe Photoshop® at the pinnacle of client software sales 1996 1995 Digimarc founded in Portland, Oregon with three employees as a spin-off of Signet® Developed the company's first products for image copyright communication Rhoads formed the company Signet® to focus on digital watermarking; the concept arose from his work removing noise from digital photos of deep space imaging 1994 1990 Digimarc® founder, astronomer and entrepreneur Geoff Rhoads, left electronics manufacturer Tektronix® and began research into space imagery and content protection COMPANY About Us Careers Leadership History Governance Press Releases News Blog Events Newsletter INVESTORS Overview Presentations Quarterly Earnings Analyst Coverage INNOVATION Digimarc Lab History of Packaging INTERNATIONAL Germany | Japan ABOUT | CONTACT | RESOURCES | SUPPORT Copyright © 2021 Digimarc Corporation | Terms of Use | Privacy