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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)  January 31, 2001
                                                    ------------------------------
  
  
                        INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
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             Delaware                          000-27287                            52-1672106
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction of             (Commission              (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         Incorporation)                       File Number)
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  4750 Patrick Henry Blvd., 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 joint press release dated January 31, 2001, InterTrust
  Technologies Corporation ("InterTrust") (Nasdaq:ITRU) and Nokia Corporation
  ("Nokia") (NYSE: NOK) announced that Nokia, the global leader in mobile
  communications, and InterTrust, the leading developer of peer-to-peer,
  distributed digital rights management (DRM) technologies, signed an agreement by
  which Nokia agreed to license the InterTrust Commerce and Rights/System DRM
  solutions, and selected InterTrust as its preferred DRM technology. In
  connection with such license, Nokia purchased 4,000,000 shares of InterTrust
  common stock at $5.00 per share. In addition, Nokia has the right to appoint a
  representative to the InterTrust Board of Directors.
  
           The information which is set forth in the Registrant's Press Release
  dated January 31, 2001 is incorporated by reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS:
  
        Exhibit
        Number
        ------
        4.1    Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between InterTrust
               Technologies Corporation and Nokia Finance International B.V.,
               dated January 31, 2001.
        99.1   Text of Press Release dated January 31, 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: February 20, 2001           By: /s/ David Ludvigson
                                        -------------------------------
                                        David Ludvigson
                                        President
  
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                        INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  ------
  
  4.1      Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between InterTrust Technologies
           Corporation and Nokia Finance International B.V., dated January 31,
           2001.
  99.1     Text of Press Release dated January 31, 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)  January 31, 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 No.)
         Incorporation)                       File Number)
  4750 Patrick Henry Blvd., 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 joint press release dated January 31, 2001, InterTrust
  Technologies Corporation ("InterTrust") (Nasdaq:ITRU) and Nokia Corporation
  ("Nokia") (NYSE: NOK) announced that Nokia, the global leader in mobile
  communications, and InterTrust, the leading developer of peer-to-peer,
  distributed digital rights management (DRM) technologies, signed an agreement by
  which Nokia agreed to license the InterTrust Commerce and Rights/System DRM
  solutions, and selected InterTrust as its preferred DRM technology. In
  connection with such license, Nokia purchased 4,000,000 shares of InterTrust
  common stock at $5.00 per share. In addition, Nokia has the right to appoint a
  representative to the InterTrust Board of Directors.
  
           The information which is set forth in the Registrant's Press Release
  dated January 31, 2001 is incorporated by reference.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS:
  
        Exhibit
        Number
        ------
        4.1    Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between InterTrust
               Technologies Corporation and Nokia Finance International B.V.,
               dated January 31, 2001.
        99.1   Text of Press Release dated January 31, 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: February 20, 2001           By: /s/ David Ludvigson
                                        -------------------------------
                                        David Ludvigson
                                        President
  
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  INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number
  ------
  
  4.1      Stockholder Rights Agreement, by and between InterTrust Technologies
           Corporation and Nokia Finance International B.V., dated January 31,
           2001.
  99.1     Text of Press Release dated January 31, 2001.