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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                   ______________
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     April 26, 2001
                                                     ----------------------------
  
  
                        INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
  
            Delaware                  000-27287              52-1672106
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction of     (Commission    (IRS Employer Identification
         Incorporation)               File Number)               No.)
  
  
  
  4750 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, California             95054
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (408) 855-0100
                                                      ---------------------------
  
  
                                       None.
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           (Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
  
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  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
           In a press release dated April 26, 2001, InterTrust Technologies
  Corporation ("InterTrust") (Nasdaq:ITRU) announced that it filed a patent
  infringement complaint against Microsoft Corporation in the United States
  District Court for the Northern District of California. In the complaint,
  InterTrust alleged that Microsoft infringes InterTrust's United States Patent
  No. 6,185,683 and seeks an injunction in addition to monetary
  damages.
  
           The information which is set forth in InterTrust's Press Release dated
  April 26, 2001 is incorporated by reference.
  
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS:
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  -------
  99.1           Text of Press Release dated April 26, 2001.
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                InterTrust Technologies Corporation
                                -----------------------------------
                                (Registrant)
  
  Date:  May 1, 2001            By:     /s/ David Ludvigson
                                    ----------------------------------
                                    David Ludvigson
                                    President
  
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                        INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  -------
  
  99.1          Text of Press Release dated April 26, 2001.
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                   ______________
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     April 26, 2001
                                                     ----------------------------
  
                        INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
            Delaware                  000-27287              52-1672106
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of     (Commission    (IRS Employer Identification
         Incorporation)               File Number)               No.)
  
  4750 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, California             95054
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (408) 855-0100
                                                      ---------------------------
  
                                       None.
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
           In a press release dated April 26, 2001, InterTrust Technologies
  Corporation ("InterTrust") (Nasdaq:ITRU) announced that it filed a patent
  infringement complaint against Microsoft Corporation in the United States
  District Court for the Northern District of California. In the complaint,
  InterTrust alleged that Microsoft infringes InterTrust's United States Patent
  No. 6,185,683 and seeks an injunction in addition to monetary
  damages.
  
           The information which is set forth in InterTrust's Press Release dated
  April 26, 2001 is incorporated by reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS:
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  -------
  99.1           Text of Press Release dated April 26, 2001.
  
                                         2
  SIGNATURES
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                InterTrust Technologies Corporation
                                -----------------------------------
                                (Registrant)
  
  Date:  May 1, 2001            By:     /s/ David Ludvigson
                                    ----------------------------------
                                    David Ludvigson
                                    President
  
                                         3
  INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  -------
  
  99.1          Text of Press Release dated April 26, 2001.
  
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