Digimarc Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Joint Venture Agreement with Nielsen

Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) today announced it will host a conference call on Monday, June 15, 2009, at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET to discuss the joint venture agreement it has entered into with Nielsen Corporation.

The call will be open to the general public and the media, and will be broadcast live by Webcast at www.digimarc.com and www.earnings.com. The Webcast may be accessed at the company's Web site, www.digimarc.com, by clicking on the "June 15, 2009 Digimarc Conference Call” Webcast link on the "Events and Webcasts” page within the "Investors” section.

This Webcast will be available for later listening at both sites for two weeks following the live call. Thereafter, the Webcast will be archived and available at https://www.digimarc.com/investors/events.asp.

About Digimarc

Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading innovator and technology provider, enabling businesses and governments worldwide to enrich everyday living by giving persistent digital identities to all forms of media and many other objects. The company’s technology enables a wide range of solutions for deterring fraud, counterfeiting and piracy, enhancing national security, and enabling new digital media distribution and monetization models that provide consumers with more choice and access to content when, where and how they want it. Digimarc has an extensive intellectual property portfolio, with more than 525 U.S. and foreign patents, and more than 420 patents pending in digital watermarking, media identification and management, and related technologies. Digimarc develops solutions, licenses its intellectual property, and provides development services to business partners across a range of industries. Please go to www.digimarc.com for more company information.

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