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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000771999
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
		IRS NUMBER:				161229730
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		36 WEST MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 710
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14614
		BUSINESS PHONE:		585 232 1500

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		STREET 1:		36 W MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 710
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14614

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW SKY COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THOROUGHBREDS USA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19861118
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of Document Security Systems, Inc., this letter responds to the comments of the
staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;)
to the filing of the above-referenced annual report and quarterly report (the
&#8220;Filing&#8221;), which were included in the Staff&#8217;s letter dated February 27, 2009
(the &#8220;Staff Letter&#8221;).</font></div>
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letter, we have reproduced your comments and have followed each comment with our
response. The numbered paragraphs of this letter set forth below correspond to
the numbered paragraphs of the Staff Letter. References in the responses to
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      Company recorded the $500,000 received from Trebuchet as proceeds from the
      sale of patent assets, which resulted in a loss on sale of
      $1,170,000.&#160;&#160;Please tell us how you determined that this
      Agreement represented a sale of an asset.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In this
      regard, tell us which accounting standard (s) you considered when you
      determined that it was appropriate to write-off $1,670,000 of the Patent
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patent defense costs that were subject to
capitalization.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company believes that this was a
viable option had the Company not transferred a legal ownership right to its
Patent.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Furthermore, this treatment would be consistent
with how the Company expects to treat any fee reimbursements it may be awarded
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fee reimbursement that it receives are not income, but rather a reduction in the
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component of a settlement).</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;However, the
Company determined that the actual transfer of 49% of the Company&#8217;s patent
ownership rights differentiated the Trebuchet transactions from a simple fee
reimbursement.</font></font></div>
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which was a process that </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">each party did not think was prudent at
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the Patent was primarily a legal consideration, and did not impact the main
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been transferred, the Company believes that the transaction could have been
considered a sale of future receipts or a royalty, and the receipt of the
$500,000 would have been recorded as&#160;&#160;royalty
revenue.&#160;&#160;However, as the Company concluded that the actual transfer
of ownership rights was </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">the
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made that would override the fact that ownership to a recorded asset had been
transferred in exchange for a payment.&#160;&#160;&#160;Therefore, the Company
concluded that a sale of 49% of any asset would result in a recognition of a
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      distinct right to exploit the Patent&#8221;.&#160;&#160;Please explain further
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Section 2.1 (a), the Agreement states &#8220;DSS hereby transfers and assigns to
Trebuchet 49% of all of its right, title and interest in the Patent and to the
inventions described and claimed therein, such that both DSS and Trebuchet shall
have a separate and distinct interest in and share of the Patent, along with the
right to sue and recover in litigation, settlement or otherwise to collect
royalties or other payments under or on account of the Patent and/or any of the
foregoing, subject to the provisions for sharing any said recovery including
royalties as provided in the Agreement, [Author&#8217;s note: i.e. the 50% sharing of
proceeds detailed in Section 2.4]for all past, present and future casues of
action including but not limited to actions asserting the infringement of the
Patent&#8221;</font></div>
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in Section 2.1(b), the Agreement states &#8220;With respect to DSS&#8217;s remaining 51%
interest in the Patent, DSS grants to Trebuchet the exclusive right and license
to sue in the name of DSS, and to recover in litigation, settlement or otherwise
to collect royalties or other payments under or on account of the Patent and/or
any of the foregoing, subject to the provisions for sharing any said recovery
including royalties as provided in this Agreement [Author&#8217;s note: i.e. the 50%
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described above, in its Agreement with Trebuchet, the Company gave Trebuchet a
series of rights that will allow Trebuchet to have significant flexibility for
it to pursue and manage the litigation of the patent, and any settlement
negotiations related to the litigation. The rights of Trebuchet are limited to
the current litigation against the ECB and to future infringement litigation
against other parties in relation to the patent, which will most likely be
security printers and other service providers that are involved in the
production of currency that the Company believes uses the Company&#8217;s patent
without permission. Trebuchet does not have the right to commercially license
the Patent technology to Parties that are not </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">subject
to the litigation.&#160;The Company also agreed that it would not commercially
license the patent without the consent of Trebuchet, which if so agreed, would
not result in royalty to Trebuchet.&#160;In its September 30, 2008 Form 10-Q,
the Company tried to summarize the numerous rights granted to Trebuchet in the
Agreement using plain english per below.</font></div>
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terms of the Agreement, and in consideration for Trebuchet&#8217;s funding agreement,
the Company assigned and transferred a 49% interest of all of the Company&#8217;s
right, title and interest in the Patent to Trebuchet which allows Trebuchet to
have a separate and exclusive interest including a separate and distinct right
to exploit the Patent.</font></div>
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filings, the Company will revise its disclosure to state &#8220;Under the terms of the
Agreement, and in consideration for Trebuchet&#8217;s funding obligations, the Company
assigned and transferred a 49% interest of the Company&#8217;s rights, title and
interest in the Patent to Trebuchet which allows Trebuchet to have a separate
and distinct interest in and share of the Patent, along with the right to sue
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