Digimarc Chairman and CEO Speaks to Investment Community at Five Key Financial Conferences in May and June

Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC) today announced that Chairmanand CEO Bruce Davis will be presenting an update on the Company'sbusiness and opportunities in the secure identity and media managementmarkets at five key financial conferences over the next six weeks.

Interested analysts and investors can find Digimarc at thefollowing conferences:

-- The AeA 2006 MicroCap Financial Conference, (http://www.aeanet.org/FinancialServices/AeAMicroCap.asp), May 7-9, at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, California. Digimarc's presentation is Monday, May 8 at approximately 9:15 a.m. PT. A webcast of the presentation will be available at 4:15 p.m. PT at http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ confLobby.zhtml? ticker=DMRC&item_id=1193935 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

-- Robins Emerging Opportunity Investment Conference (http://catalystresearch.biz/EventsEmergOpp_06.html), May 17, at the University Club in New York City. Digimarc is scheduled to speak at 10:45 a.m. ET.

-- Morgan Keegan & Company Homeland Security Conference (http://www.morgankeegan.com/html/blue/Conferences/ HomelandInformation/info.asp)(Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.), May 23, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Digimarc is scheduled to present at 11:20 a.m. ET.

-- Cowen & Co. 34th Annual Technology Conference (http://www.cowen.com/Conferences.asp), May 31-June 2, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Digimarc will be presenting Friday, June 2, 9:20-9:50 a.m. ET.

-- Janney Montgomery Scott Identity Management Conference June 6, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

About Digimarc

Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon,is a leading supplier of secure identity and media managementsolutions. Digimarc provides products and services that enable theproduction of more than 60 million personal identification documents,including two-thirds of U.S. driver licenses and IDs for more than 20countries. Digimarc's digital watermarking technology provides apersistent digital identity for various media content and is used toenhance the security of financial documents, identity documents anddigital images, and support other media rights managementapplications.

Digimarc has an extensive intellectual property portfolio, withmore than 240 issued U.S. patents with more than 5,000 claims, andmore than 500 pending U.S. and foreign patent applications in digitalwatermarking, personal identification and related technologies. TheCompany is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, with other U.S. officesin Burlington, Massachusetts; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and the WashingtonDC area; and international offices in London and Mexico. Please go towww.digimarc.com for more company information.

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