Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement
Exhibit
4.46
[Translation
of Chinese Original]
This
Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “this Agreement”) is entered
into on August 13, 2008, in Beijing, by and between:
Novel-Tongfang
Information Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Transferer”), a liability
limited company established and validly existed under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China, with its domicile address at 1st Floor,
Building A, Incubation Center, Shishan Software Scientific and Technological
Park, Nanhai, Foshan; and
Beijing
Super TV Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Transferee”), a liability
limited company established and validly existed under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China, with its domicile address at 4th Floor,
Building B, Jing-Meng Hi-Tech Mansion, Xx. 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx;
For the
purpose of this Agreement, both parties are hereinafter individually referred to
as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.
Whereas,
1.
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The
Transferer has the patent rights and patent application rights listed in
Attachment 1 (hereinafter referred to as “the Proposed Intellectual
Property”);
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2.
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The
Transferer is willing to transfer the Proposed Intellectual Property to
the Transferee by the way agreed in this Agreement, and the Transferee
agrees to accept such patent rights and patent application rights by the
way agreed in this Agreement;
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Now
therefore in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements and
covenants herein contained through consultation, the Parties agree as
follows:
1.
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Transfer
of Patent Rights
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1.1
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For
the purpose of this Agreement, the Proposed Intellectual Property refers
to the patent rights and patent application rights owned by the Transferer
and contained in Attachment 1, and all and any right and interest in
connection with the proprietary right of the Proposed Intellectual
Property.
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1.2
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The
proprietary right of the Proposed Intellectual Property, and all and any
right and interest in connection therewith or derived therefrom shall, as
of the date this Agreement becomes effective as determined in Article 8
hereof, be owned by the Transferee, unless otherwise stipulated by
relevant Chinese laws or provided for in this
Agreement.
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1.3
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The
Transferee shall not assume any liabilities of the Transferer in
connection with the Proposed Intellectual
Property.
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1.4
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Transfer
price. The transfer price of the Proposed Intellectual Property is
RMB21,195,500 (RMB
TWENTY ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED
ONLY); in which the transfer price of the intellectual property
related to the digital watermark technology is RMB13,282,500 and that of image tracing
technology is RMB7,913,000.
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1.5
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Payment
of the transfer price. The Transferee shall, within 5 days upon this
Agreement’s coming into force, pay the transfer price in full to the bank
account specified by the
Transferer.
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1.6
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The
Transferer shall to its best assist the Transferee to obtain the relevant
approvals, filings, registrations or notices required in transferring
patent rights or patent application rights as stipulated by relevant laws
and regulations. The expenses incurred by relevant formalities shall be
assumed by the Transferer and the Transferee respectively as stipulated by
relevant laws and regulations. In absence of laws and regulations in this
regard, such expenses shall be evenly assumed by the Transferer and the
Transferee.
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2.
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Obligations
of the Parties
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2.1
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Obligations
of the Transferer
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1)
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The
Transferer shall forthwith and completely transfer the patent rights and
patent application rights set forth in Article 1
hereof;
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2)
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The
Transferer shall be obliged to keep confidentiality of the relevant trade
secrets of the Transferee known to the Transferer for the purpose of the
execution and performance of this Agreement;
and
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3)
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The
Transferer shall assist the Transferee to go through the formalities of
registration for reference as stipulated in Article 1.6
hereof.
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2.2
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Obligations
of the Transferee
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1)
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The
Transferee shall pay the transfer price to the Transferer as agreed in
this Agreement; and
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2)
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The
Transferee shall be obliged to keep confidentiality of the relevant trade
secrets of the Transferer known to the Transferee for the purpose of the
execution and performance of this
Agreement.
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3.
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Representations
and Warranties
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3.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Transferer on the Proposed Intellectual
Property
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3.1.1
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The
Transferer is a company incorporated within Chinese territory under its
laws, having all certificates, licenses and qualifications for launching
the business conducted currently by the end of the execution date of this
Agreement, conducting business and operating within the scope specified by
its business license.
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3.1.2
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The
Transferer has the complete and exclusive proprietary right and disposal
right on the Proposed Intellectual Property owned by the Transferer and
contained in Attachment 1 hereto by the end of the transfer date; the
Proposed Intellectual Property is free from such any security interest as
mortgage, pledge, and lien, without any fact to be disclosed or any
significant defect in respect of legality by the end of the transfer
date.
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3.1.3
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For
the purpose of the execution and performance of this Agreement, the
Transferer has obtained all and any necessary internal authorization, all
and any approvals of third parties, and all and any approvals and filings
from relevant governmental
departments.
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3.1.4
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The
performance of relevant obligations by the Transferer based on this
Agreement shall not currently or in the future: (1) be in violation of any
provisions of the existing laws, regulations, rules and normative
documents of the People's Republic of China; (2) be in violation of the
provisions set forth in its Articles of Association; and (3) cause any
agreement to which the Transferer is a party or by which any property or
assets of the Transferer is bound being
violated.
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3.1.5
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This
Agreement shall be legal and effective, and have the binding force upon
the Transferer once it is effective, and its obligations shall be
enforceable on the terms of this
Agreement.
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3.1.6
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The
Transferer is free from any adverse influence, delay, limitation or
encumbrance that is causing to or might cause to the performance of
Transferer’s obligations under this Agreement, or any pending, or
threatened or probably faced proceedings, claims, lawsuit, arbitration,
administrative procedures or other legal
proceedings.
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3.1.7
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All
records, documentations and materials provided by the Transferer to the
Transferee under this Agreement are authentic and complete, faithfully
reflecting the current status of all Proposed Intellectual Property as of
the transfer date.
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3.1.8
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The
Proposed Intellectual Property contained in Attachment 1 will not cause
any liability (including but not limited to contingent liability) that is
not defined in this Agreement to the
Transferee.
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3.1.9
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As
of the closing date, the Transferer is free from insolvency or disability
to pay due liabilities, free from any unimplemented administrative order
or court order, and the Transferer has not submitted any application for
liquidation, and has not appointed a custodian for all or partial assets
of the Transferer.
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3.1.10
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The
accounting materials and financial information (if any) provided by the
Transferer to the Transferee are authentic and reliable, without any false
or misleading representation.
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3.1.11
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The
Transferer and its senior management have not involved any lawsuit,
arbitration or any other issues that might cause legal liabilities in
respect of the Proposed Intellectual
Property.
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3.1.12
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As
from the transfer date, all Proposed Intellectual Property contained in
Attachment 1 shall be owned by the Transferee, except those require the
approval, registration and record for reference by the relevant
governmental departments as otherwise stipulated by Chinese
laws.
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3.1.13
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In
respect of the issues discussed in this Agreement, the Transferer has
obtained all and any written consent and approval from all and any third
party, including but not limited to creditors and relevant Chinese
governmental departments.
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3.1.14
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All
representations and warranties made by the Transferer herein are
authentic, complete and accurate.
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3.2
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Representations
and Warranties of the Transferee
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3.2.1
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The
Transferee is a limited liability company legally incorporated and validly
existed under Chinese laws.
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3.2.2
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The
performance of relevant obligations by the Transferee based on this
Agreement shall not currently or in the future: (1) be in violation of any
provisions of the existing laws, regulations, rules and normative
documents of the People's Republic of China; (2) be in violation of the
provisions set forth in its Articles of Association; and (3) cause any
agreement to which the Transferee is a party or by which any property or
assets of the Transferee is bound being
violated.
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3.2.3
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This
Agreement shall be legal and effective, and have the binding force upon
the Transferee once it is effective, and its obligations shall be
enforceable on the terms of this
Agreement.
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3.2.4
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All
representations and warranties made by the Transferee herein are
authentic, complete and accurate.
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4.
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Termination,
Breach Liability and Indemnity
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4.1
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Any
party who violates its obligations under this Agreement (“Breaching Party”), the
other party (“Non-Breaching Party”)
may serve a written notice requiring the Breaching Party to correct its
breach. The Breaching Party shall within 30 days upon the receipt of such
notice cease its breach, and shall indemnify all losses suffered by the
Non-Breaching Party therefrom; where the Breaching Party continues to
violates its obligation after 30 days upon the receipt of such notice, the
Non-Breaching Party may have the right to terminate this Agreement
unilaterally, and may concurrently require the Breaching Party to
indemnify its all losses suffered
therefrom.
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4.2
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Any
tolerance, grace or suspension in exercising any rights stipulated by laws
or agreed in this Agreement of the Non-Breaching Party to any breach of
the Breaching Party shall not be deemed as a waiver of Non-Breaching
Party’s rights.
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4.3
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The
Transferer shall indemnify, contest, and hold the Transferee harmless from
all and any claim of right, indemnity, liability, expenditure and expense,
including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees, ought to be assumed
by the Transferee, its senior employees, managers, directors,
shareholders, members, representatives, agents and employees, in the
lawsuits or legal proceedings between the indemnifier and the indemnified,
or the indemnified and any other third party resulted from any dispute
over the patent rights and assets under this Agreement or any lawsuits
lodged by the third party for the same due to the violation of any
statuary or agreed warranty, representation or other agreement by the
Transferer.
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4.4
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Article
4 hereof shall survive upon the termination of this
Agreement.
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5.
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Disclaimer
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The
non-performing party shall not assume the breaching liabilities in case that a
party (“Non-Performing
Party”) is unable or partially unable to perform its obligations under
this Agreement due to any force majeure (including earthquake, typhoon, flood,
fire, war and governmental actions).
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Amendment
and Alteration
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Any
amendment to or alteration of this Agreement and its attachments shall not be
effective until agreed by the Parties in written agreement.
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Attachment
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The
attachment hereto is an integral formal part of this Agreement, and shall have
the same binding force.
8.
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Commencement
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This
Agreement shall be effective as of the execution date.
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9.
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Applicable
Laws
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The
execution, validity, interpretation, performance and settlement of dispute of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of
China.
10.
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Settlement
of Dispute
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Any
dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by
the Parties through friendly consultation. If fails, any party may submit such
dispute to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for the
settlement in accordance with the effective arbitration rules by then. The
arbitration location is Beijing and the language used in arbitration is Chinese.
The arbitration decision is final, having binding force upon the
Parties.
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Severability
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In event
that any clause under this Agreement is declared as invalid or cannot be
compulsorily enforced due to the discrepancy between such clause and relevant
laws, such clause shall be deemed as invalid within the applicable scope of laws
and shall not affect the legal force of other clauses hereof.
12.
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Further
Warranty
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In order
to complete the transfer of the Proposed Intellectual Property agreed in this
Agreement, the Transferer shall take appropriate actions, execute and deliver
instruments and documents, and shall complete any other reasonable and necessary
actions required by the performance of this Agreement.
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Notice
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Unless
the addresses below are changed by written notices, the notices under this
Agreement shall be delivered by dedicated person or sent by facsimile or
registered mail to the following addresses or numbers. If notice is sent by
registered mail, the acceptance date on the receipt of registered mail shall be
the delivery date; if notice is delivered or sent by dedicated person or
facsimile, the delivery date shall be the next day after the delivering or
sending; if notice is sent by facsimile, the original notice shall be sent by
registered mail or dedicated person to:
Transferer:
Novel-Tongfang Information Engineering Co., Ltd.
Address:
1st
Floor, Building A, Incubation Center, Shishan Software Scientific and
Technological Park, Nanhai, Foshan
Contact:
Tel:
Fax:
Transferee:
Beijing Super TV Co., Ltd.
Address:
0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx X, Xxxx-Xxxx Xx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx East Road, Haidian
District, Beijing
Contact:
Tel:
Fax:
In case
of any change of such information of a party to this Agreement as address,
contact, telephone number, or facsimile number, such party shall, five (5)
working days in advance, inform the other party of such change in
writing.
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14.
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Miscellaneous
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14.1
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The
Parties may execute supplementary agreement in
writing.
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14.2
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This
Agreement is executed in duplicate, with each of equally binding force,
and the Parties shall each keep one
original.
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(No text
in this page. This page is a signature page for the execution of the
Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement by and between Novel-Tongfang
Information Engineering Co., Ltd. and Beijing Super TV Co., Ltd.)
Transferer:
Novel-Tongfang
Information Engineering Co., Ltd.
(Seal)
Authorized
Representative (Signature): /s/ Xxx
Xxx
Transferee:
Beijing
Super TV Co., Ltd.
(Seal)
Authorized
Representative (Signature): /s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxx
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Attachment
1
List
of the Proposed Intellectual Property
S/N
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Technology
Category
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Category
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Application
No.
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Name
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1
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Invention
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200710175267.4
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Digital
fingerprint embedding method, digital video distribution system and its
method
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2
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Digital
Watermark
Technology
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Invention
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200710175268.9
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Digital
fingerprint embedding method, digital video distribution system and its
method
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3
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Invention
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200810083635.7
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A
dynamic traitor tracing method and system
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4
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Invention
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200810083636.1
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Pirate
tracing method and system
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5
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Image
Tracing
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Invention
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200610165160.7
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Mouse-type
remote device
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Technology
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Utility
Model
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200620167470.8
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Mouse-type
remote device
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