0001299933-17-000945.txt : 20170915 0001299933-17-000945.hdr.sgml : 20170915 20170915170628 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-17-000945 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170915 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170915 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170915 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pendrell Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001359555 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 980221142 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33008 FILM NUMBER: 171088525 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2300 CARILLON POINT CITY: KIRKLAND STATE: WA ZIP: 98033 BUSINESS PHONE: (425) 278-7100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2300 CARILLON POINT CITY: KIRKLAND STATE: WA ZIP: 98033 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ICO Global Communications (Holdings) LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060417 8-K 1 htm_55357.htm LIVE FILING Pendrell Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   September 15, 2017

Pendrell Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Washington 001-33008 98-0221142
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
2300 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington   98033
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (425) 278-7100

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Pendrell Corporation, entered into a patent license agreement with The Walt Disney Company effective September 13, 2017. Pendrell issued a press release announcing the license agreement, a copy of which is attached.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Pendrell Corporation
          
September 15, 2017   By:   /s/ Timothy M. Dozois
       
        Name: Timothy M. Dozois
        Title: Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Press Release issued by Pendrell Corporation dated September 15, 2017
EX-99.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DISNEY LICENSES CONTENTGUARD DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

Kirkland, WA. September 15, 2017 – ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. (“ContentGuard”), a subsidiary of Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ: PCO), today announced a licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), a worldwide leader in creating and distributing digital media and entertainment content. The licensing agreement provides Disney the right to use ContentGuard’s digital rights management (DRM) technology to digitally distribute its motion pictures to theaters around the world.

“Disney joins Warner Bros and Sony Entertainment as licensees of the ContentGuard technology,” commented James Baker, vice president of licensing and strategic development for ContentGuard. “We’re pleased to be licensing our DRM technology to Disney as they continue to offer the best in digital entertainment and break box office records around the world.”

Additional terms of the licensing agreement are not being disclosed.

ABOUT CONTENTGUARD

Since its start at Xerox’s world-renowned PARC research center in the 1990s, ContentGuard has been a leading inventor, developer and licensor of digital rights management (DRM) and related content distribution patents and technologies. ContentGuard’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio features more than 200 issued patents and pending patent applications worldwide. ContentGuard has licensed its technology to leading technology and media companies, including Amazon, DIRECTV, Time Warner, Sony, Microsoft Corporation, Nokia, among others. For more information about ContentGuard and its technology and licensing programs, please visit www.contentguard.com.

Contact:

DJ Allenby
Pendrell Corporation 
425-278-7124 
dj.allenby@pendrell.com