Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]	*Interim Consolidated Financial Statements* Our significant accounting policies are detailed in “Note 1: Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 29, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”). The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the Company’s records without audit and, in management’s opinion, include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly reflect the financial condition and the results of operations for the periods presented. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report. The results of operations for the interim periods presented in these consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]	*Principles of Consolidation* The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Digimarc and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]	**Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not* Yet Adopted*** In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07 “Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”. The ASU requires interim and annual disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) and included within the reported measure of a segment’s profit or loss, requires interim disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually, requires disclosure of the position and title of the CODM, clarifies circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, and contains other disclosure requirements. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, for annual periods and in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, for interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”. The ASU requires greater disaggregation of income tax disclosures primarily on the income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03 “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”. The ASU requires new tabular disclosure disaggregating prescribed expense categories within relevant income statement captions. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2027, for annual periods, and in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2028, for interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures.

Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

Our significant accounting policies are detailed in “Note 1: Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 29, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”).

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the Company’s records without audit and, in management’s opinion, include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly reflect the financial condition and the results of operations for the periods presented. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC.

These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2023 Annual Report. The results of operations for the interim periods presented in these consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Digimarc and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07 “Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”. The ASU requires interim and annual disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”) and included within the reported measure of a segment’s profit or loss, requires interim disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually, requires disclosure of the position and title of the CODM, clarifies circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, and contains other disclosure requirements. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, for annual periods and in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, for interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”. The ASU requires greater disaggregation of income tax disclosures primarily on the income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03 “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”. The ASU requires new tabular disclosure disaggregating prescribed expense categories within relevant income statement captions. This authoritative guidance will be effective for the Company starting in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2027, for annual periods, and in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2028, for interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this new standard on the Company’s disclosures.