PTO Grants 1st Deadline Extension on Dolby Display Mapping Application

Dolby Labs got its first deadline extension from the Patent and Trademark Office for filing the required statement of use (SOU) to enable its December 2019 application for the Dolby Display Mapping trademark to progress to a registration certificate, agency records show. Dolby is entitled to four more extensions of six months each, but it must file the SOU by September 2023 or risk PTO declaring the application abandoned. PTO requires the SOU to prevent applicants from hoarding trademarks with no intent to use them commercially.