Intellectual property developer Intertrust Technologies and HTC have signed a technology agreement. HTC will license Intertrust's patents, securing worldwide access to Intertrust's fundamental patent portfolio in trusted distributed computing and digital rights management (DRM). HTC also acquired 20 percent of Intertrust's SyncTV subsidiary. SyncTV is a cloud-based video service that delivers video over the internet to a set of devices, including Android, Windows Phone, Xbox, iOS and internet-enabled televisions. HTC has also licensed Intertrust's Marlin DRM software. Marlin DRM is used to protect and manage content in various national video distribution ecosystems in Japan, China and Europe.
