ContentGuard, Inc. (US Headquarters)

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Launched in April 2000, ContentGuard conducts its operations in Bethesda, MD, and El Segundo, CA. The company is owned by Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TWX), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS).The company's fundamental patents concerning the distribution and management of digital works (content or services), some of which cover the use of a rights language, were originally developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). PARC also developed a digital rights language which was the predecessor to ContentGuard's XrML.ContentGuard's patents are filed in numerous worldwide jurisdictions and cover many aspects of DRM and distributed authorization. These core technologies enable the efficient creation of DRM applications, simplify the digital distribution process and increase revenue opportunities for content or service providers deploying varied business models, while protecting their intellectual property.

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