Exhibit 99.1

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Contact:
John Amster, Vice President, Corporate Development
InterTrust Technologies Corporation
408-855-0100
jamster@intertrust.com

InterTrust Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan

Santa Clara, CA, June 25, 2001 - InterTrust Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:
ITRU), the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed Digital Rights
Management (DRM) technology, today announced that on June 8, 2001 its Board of
Directors adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan. Under the plan, Rights will be
distributed as a dividend at the rate of one Right for each share of InterTrust
common stock, par value $.001 per share, held by shareholders of record as of
the close of business on June 28, 2001. The Rights Plan was not adopted in
response to any effort to acquire control of InterTrust.

The Rights Plan is designed to deter coercive takeover tactics, including the
accumulation of shares in the open market or through private transactions and to
prevent an acquiror from gaining control of InterTrust without offering a fair
and adequate price and fair terms to all of InterTrust's shareholders. The
Rights will expire on June 8, 2011.

"By adopting this rights plan, we are taking steps to protect our shareholders'
opportunity to realize the full long-term value of their investment in
InterTrust," said Victor Shear, InterTrust Chairman and CEO. "The Rights will
not prevent a takeover attempt, but should encourage anyone seeking to acquire
the Company to negotiate with the board."

Each Right will entitle shareholders to buy one one-thousandth of a share of a
series of preferred stock for $20.00, subject to adjustments. The Rights
generally will be exercisable only if a person or group acquires beneficial
ownership of 15 percent or more of InterTrust common stock or commences a tender
or exchange offer upon consummation of which such person or group would
beneficially own 15 percent or more of InterTrust's common stock. Under certain
circumstances after the Rights become exercisable, each Right will entitle its
holder to purchase, at the Right's exercise price, that number of shares of
InterTrust common stock having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price. Rights held by the triggering person will become void and will
not be exercisable. Until the rights become exercisable, they will trade as a
unit with the Company's common stock and are redeemable at a price of $0.001 per
right at the Board of Directors' discretion. A copy of the Shareholder Rights
Plan will be filed shortly with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About InterTrust Technologies Corporation
InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of peer-to-peer,
distributed


digital rights management (DRM) technology. Its general-purpose DRM trust
platform serves as a foundation for trusted peer-to-peer and client server e-
commerce. InterTrust holds numerous patents in the area of trusted systems
technology and peer-to-peer rights management, and licenses its technology and
patents in the form of software or hardware and tools to partners. These
partners provide digital commerce services and applications that together form a
global digital commerce network branded as the MetaTrust Utility(tm). InterTrust
is the neutral administrator of the MetaTrust Utility network, defining and
enforcing the rules which maintain the security, commercial reliability, and
trusted interoperability of devices, services, and applications deployed on the
platform.

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The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding InterTrust's
expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All
forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information
available to InterTrust as of the date hereof, and InterTrust assumes no
obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could
differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors and
risks discussed in InterTrust's reports filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

The statements in this release regarding InterTrust's patents are intended for
purposes of illustration only, and are not meant to cover or describe all
possible applications, variations, or interpretations of the patented
inventions. Nothing contained in this release is intended for use in construing
the scope, content, or meaning of any patent's claims, specification, or
prosecution history, or of any other patent-related materials.

Copyright (c) 2001 InterTrust Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved.
InterTrust, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, and The MetaTrust Utility are
registered trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, all of which may
or may not be used in certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or
organizations.