Intertrust develops and licenses intellectual property for Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted computing.
The company holds over 100 issued patents, and has over 300 patent applications pending worldwide.
Our patent portfolio covers software and hardware techniques
that can
be implemented in a broad range of products that use DRM
and trusted
computing technologies, including computer operating systems,
digital
media platforms, web services, and enterprise infrastructure.
We have
research, engineering, and IP groups focusing on developing
and
monetizing next-generation technologies and inventions.
For information on licensing Intertrust's patents and
technologies, please fill out our information
request form.
Locations and Employees
Intertrust is located in Sunnyvale, California, and the
Company has
approximately 40 employees.
Talal Shamoon joined
Intertrust in 1997 and has been CEO since
January 2003. Prior to becoming CEO, Shamoon held a series
of
executive positions at Intertrust, including executive
vice president
for business development, and was responsible for technology,
marketing, and business initiatives for the entertainment
and media
sectors. Before joining Intertrust, Shamoon was a research
scientist,
specializing in content protection and management technologies.
From
1994-1997, he conducted research in signal processing
and computer
science at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, where
he worked
on watermarking, search and data compression. Shamoon
holds B.S.,
M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
Cornell
University and is named as an inventor on eleven US and
international
patents.
David P. Maher, Executive Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer
David Maher has an extensive
background in secure computing and is responsible for Research
and Development at Intertrust. Before joining Intertrust
in 1999, he was Chief Scientist for AT&T Secure Communications
Systems, Head of the Secure Systems Research Department,
and security architect for AT&T's Internet services
platform. After joining Bell Labs in 1981, Maher developed
secure communications, information vending, and e-commerce
systems. He was Chief Architect for AT&T's STU-III secure
voice, data, and video products used by the White House
and Department of Defense for top-secret communications.
In 1992, Maher became a Bell Labs Fellow in recognition
of his accomplishments in communications security.
Maher holds multiple patents
in secure computing; has published papers in the fields
of combinatorics, cryptography, number theory, signal processing,
and electronic commerce; and has consulted with the National
Science Foundation, National Security Agency, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, and the Congressional Office
of Technology Assessment. He is a co-author of the recent
National Research Council report "Embedded Everywhere:
Network Systems of Embedded Computers." Maher holds
a Ph.D. in mathematics from Lehigh University. He has taught
electrical engineering, mathematics, and computer science
at several institutions.
Jeff McDow, Senior
Vice President, Intellectual Property and Chief Patent Counsel
Jeff McDow is Senior Vice
President, intellectual property and Chief Patent Counsel
at Intertrust. Prior to joining Intertrust in April 1999,
he practiced law in the Silicon Valley office of Pennie
and Edmonds, a leading intellectual property law firm. McDow
is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, and has extensive experience in intellectual property
litigation, opinion work, and prosecution. He received a
J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, an M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Walla Walla College.
Jack Lacy, Senior
Vice President, Standards and Specifications
Jack Lacy is responsible
for media standards activities, technical requirements for
advanced development projects, development of system architectures
and prototypes (particularly around media technologies),
and determination of Intertrust’s interfaces to open
technology standards. Before joining Intertrust, he spent
18 years as a researcher at Bell Laboratories, and AT&T
Labs working in a variety of areas related to networking
and computer security, including systems for sending voice
over IP networks, cryptography, and secure systems architecture.
Lacy is a co-inventor of Cryptolib, a widely distributed
cryptographic library, and Policymaker, an AT&T developed
approach to specifying and interpreting security policies,
credentials, and relationships. He has also been active
in intellectual property protection and management through
his involvement in standards setting organization, such
as MPEG, OPIMA, and SDMI. Lacy chaired the SDMI Portable
Device Working Group from March until September 1999. He
received an M.S. in computer science from New York University
in 1987, and an M.S. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin
in 1979.
Bill Rainey,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Bill Rainey is Senior
Vice President and General Counsel at Intertrust and is
responsible for corporate legal functions including general
litigation and corporate governance. Rainey also oversees
the company's finance and human resources departments,
facilities, and real estate. Before joining Intertrust
in 1999 as an attorney and account executive, he worked
as a public defender in Santa Clara County and in private
practice in Silicon Valley. Rainey holds a J.D. from University
of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and a B.S. degree
in Commerce/Finance from Santa Clara University.
