Cobion uses 1000 processors for searching images on the webKassel 08 March 2001 NetCurrents an Internet Intelligence Agency, has entered into a Strategic Technology Partnership with Cobion, a company that provides global solutions for brand, copyright and identity protection. Headquartered in Germany, Cobion's technology finds visually finding corporate brands, logos, marks and symbols in websites, irrespective of their size, placement and the native language of a site. Cobion employs highly advanced algorithms and a 1,000 CPU supercomputer to process over 50 million online images each day in its Global ImageCenter. The Company reports cases of brand misuse in detailed online reports.
NetCurrents will integrate Cobion's proprietary image detection and analysis
technology into a suite of products designed primarily for marketing through
Kroll Risk Consulting Services, a division of The Kroll-O'Gara Co., to its thousands of clients worldwide. Ken Mair, Vice
President of Channel Sales at NetCurrents, noted, "Since we first signed the
global alliance with Kroll, we have been working closely with their sales team
to overcome the unique challenges facing its corporate clientele - particularly
those challenges relating to online misuse of copyrighted images and digital
assets. We are delighted that now we may offer their clients maximum confidence
that illegal use or counterfeiting of their valuable copyrighted works will be
deterred."
Jorg Lamprecht, CEO of Cobion, stated: "Cobion's ability to sweep the Internet
and recognize images, regardless of a site's native language, offers a truly
global solution for detecting brand misuses online. Through this partnership,
NetCurrents' customers gain an effective means of combating many types of
infringements, abuse and misuse of their copyrights and brand identity on the
Internet."
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