EXHIBIT NUMBER 99.1
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                 INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES APPOINTS ROBERT WALKER
                 AND LESTER HOCHBERG TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (January 31, 2002) -- InterTrust Technologies Corporation
(NASDAQ: ITRU), the leading inventor of Digital Rights Management (DRM)
technology, today announced the appointment of Robert Walker and Lester Hochberg
to its Board of Directors. Mr. Walker will replace Bruce Fredrickson who has
resigned from the Board.

"We are pleased to have Bob and Lester join our board," said Victor Shear,
chairman and chief executive officer of InterTrust Technologies. "Each brings
unique and extensive experience which will be very valuable as InterTrust moves
forward in our strategy to monetize the intellectual property and technology
resulting from our pioneering work in digital rights management and secure
computing. We would also like to thank Bruce for his many years of dedicated
service to the company and its' shareholders."

Mr. Walker joins InterTrust with more than 25 years of experience in technology.
Before his recent retirement, Walker served as executive vice president and
chief financial officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A). Mr. Walker
played a founding and driving role in the creation of Agilent as a public
company, initially serving as their senior vice president and chief financial
officer beginning in May 1999. Prior to joining Agilent, Mr. Walker was a vice
president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard's Professional Services
business unit. Mr. Walker began at Hewlett Packard in 1975 where he held a
variety of financial positions, was named vice president in 1995, and served as
chief information officer from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Walker has a BS in electrical
engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from Cornell University.

Mr. Hochberg brings with him extensive financial experience, most notably in his
participation in the acquisition of control of Nucorp Energy Inc. and subsequent
restructuring where he became its president and a board member from 1986-1989.
Prior to Nucorp, Lester was a partner of Roberts & Holland, a New York based law
firm. More recently in 1993, Mr. Hochberg became founding investor and board
member of Direct Language Communications, Inc., which then rebranded and
eventually merged into Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIOX) a publicly
traded globalization services company in May 2000. He currently serves as
president of R&R Capital Partners, a New York based merchant banking firm. Mr.
Hochberg is a graduate of Brooklyn College and Harvard Law School.


About InterTrust Technologies Corporation

Over the past twelve years, InterTrust has invented and defined key elements of
Digital Rights Management and trusted computing technologies. InterTrust's
pioneering role in DRM and trusted computing is underscored by 22 U.S. patents
and nearly 90 additional patents pending worldwide.

For more information, visit www.intertrust.com.

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 the patent's claims, specification, or
prosecution history, or of any other patent-related materials.

(C) 2002 InterTrust. DigiBox, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, and The MetaTrust
Utility are registered trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, and
TrustChip, RightsChip, InterRights Point, MetaTrust-Certified, Rights/PD and
Rights/System are 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.

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