Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Accounting Policies [Abstract] | |
Description of Business [Policy Text Block] | Description of Business Digimarc Corporation is a global leader in product digitization, delivering business value across industries through unique identities and cloud-based solutions. Digimarc's technology highlights a product’s journey to provide greater visibility into all relevant product data, allowing companies to make more intelligent business decisions. The Digimarc Illuminate Platform is a distinctive software as a service that combines Digimarc’s digital watermarks and/or Quick Response (“QR”) codes with product cloud technologies. By digitizing products using Digimarc's unique digital watermarks, QR codes, and/or other digital tags, products can connect with the web and interact with consumers and digital devices. Interactions are powered by the product cloud, where data and instructions are provided based on context, and then capture a record of every interaction. The Digimarc product suite is built on top of the Digimarc Illuminate Platform to address specific business needs. All of the Company's products are complementary to each other, providing exponential benefits when combined. By enabling customers to create digital identities for physical and digital media objects, Digimarc’s technologies provide many benefits, including: • Digimarc Validate • Digimarc Engage • Digimarc Recycle |
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. Digimarc acquired EVRYTHNG Limited and its subsidiaries (“EVRYTHNG”) on January 3, 2022. 8 |
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company’s accounting policies for revenue recognition and business combinations require higher degrees of judgment than others in their application. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable in the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not may |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid marketable securities with original maturities of 90 December 31, 2022 2021 |
Marketable Securities, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Marketable Securities The Company considers all investments with original maturities over 90 one The Company’s marketable securities are now classified as available-for-sale, as the Company sold a marketable security during 2022, As of December 31, 2021, A decline in the market value of any security that is deemed to be other-than-temporary is charged to earnings. To determine whether an impairment is other-than-temporary, the Company considers whether it has the ability and intent to hold the investment until a market price recovery and considers whether evidence indicating that the cost of the investment is recoverable outweighs evidence to the contrary. There have been no |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Fair Value of Financial Instruments Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures 820 three first two may The Company’s fair value hierarchy for its cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022 2021 December 31, 2022 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Money market securities $ 2,073 $ — $ — $ 2,073 Commercial paper — 35,468 — 35,468 Federal agency notes — 8,432 — 8,432 Corporate notes — 4,423 — 4,423 Pre-refunded municipals — — — — Total $ 2,073 $ 48,323 $ — $ 50,396 December 31, 2021 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Money market securities $ 2,478 $ — $ — $ 2,478 Commercial paper — 13,382 — 13,382 Corporate notes — 9,585 — 9,585 Federal agency notes — 3,799 — 3,799 Pre-refunded municipals — 1,063 — 1,063 Total $ 2,478 $ 27,829 $ — $ 30,307 The fair value maturities of the Company’s cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022 Maturities by Period Less than 1 5 5 10 More than Total 1 year years years 10 years Cash equivalents and marketable securities $ 50,396 $ 50,396 $ — $ — $ — The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments, which include accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities, approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. |
Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Concentrations of Business and Credit Risk A significant portion of the Company’s business depends on a limited number of large contracts. The loss of any large contract may The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with major banks and financial institutions and at times deposits may may one one no one The Company manages credit risk on accounts receivable by evaluating a customer’s credit worthiness before extending any significant amount of credit. There is a significant concentration of accounts receivable at vary times from our two not |
Commitments and Contingencies, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Contingencies The Company evaluates all pending or threatened contingencies or commitments, if any, that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or financial position. The Company assesses the probability of an adverse outcome and determines if it is remote, reasonably possible or probable as defined in accordance with ASC 450 Contingencies no one 450 not |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Goodwill The Company tests goodwill for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may 350 Intangibles Goodwill and Other. June 30, 2022 2021, |
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Impairment of Long-Lived Assets The Company assesses long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not 360 Property, Plant and Equipment Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets over their remaining useful life. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment would be recognized in operating results at the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows, observable market values or appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets. |
In Process Research and Development, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Research and Development Research and development costs are expensed as incurred in accordance with ASC 730 Research and Development |
Research, Development, and Computer Software, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Software Development Costs Under ASC 985 Software not |
Patent Costs [Policy Text Block] | Patent Costs Costs associated with the application and award of patents in the U.S. and various other countries are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the patents as determined at award date, which varies depending on the pendency period of the application. Capitalized patent costs, also referred to as patent prosecution costs, include internal legal labor, professional legal fees, government filing fees and translation fees related to expanding the Company’s patent portfolio. Costs associated with the maintenance and annuity fees of patents are accounted for as prepaid assets at the time of payment and amortized over the shorter of the maintenance period or remaining life of the related patent. |
Revenue [Policy Text Block] | Revenue Recognition See Note 2 |
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Policy Text Block] | Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718 Compensation Stock Compensation |
Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740 Income Taxes The Company records valuation allowances on deferred tax assets if, based on available evidence, it is more-likely-than- not not The Company is subject to income taxes within the U.S. and other countries, and, in the ordinary course of business, there are transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. The Company reports a liability (or contra asset) for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) on a tax return. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to the unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. |
Business Combinations Policy [Policy Text Block] | Business Combinations The Company allocates the purchase price consideration to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The purchase price is determined based on the fair value of the assets transferred, liabilities assumed and equity interests issued, after considering any transactions that are separate from the business combination. The fair value of equity issued as part of a business combination is determined based on the closing price of the Company's stock on the date the acquisition closed. The excess of fair value of purchase price consideration over the fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Such fair value calculations require the Company to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets and contingent liabilities. Significant estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include, but are not The estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to revision as additional information is obtained during the measurement period for an acquisition, which may one may |
Liquidity [Policy Text Block] | Liquidity Under the rules of ASC Subtopic 205 40 Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern ( ASC 205 40 ), one one may not may December 31, 2022 12 |
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block] | Accounting Pronouncements Adopted In October 2021, No. 2021 08, Business Combination (ASC 805 December 15, 2022. January 1, 2022. not Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not In June 2016, No. 2016 13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (ASC 326 December 15, 2022. not |