'Ultra HD Blu-ray' Trademark Application Survived With no Opposition, PTO Notice Says
The Blu-ray Disc Association's trademark registration application for “Ultra HD Blu-ray” survived its public comment period with no opposition, said a notice of allowance published Nov. 10 at the Patent and Trademark Office. Though the trademark hasn’t yet reached registration…
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status, the notice clears its commercial use on all compliant Ultra HD Blu-ray players and movies, but requires the BDA to file a statement of use on the trademark by May 10 as the next step in the registration process or risk having it declared abandoned, the notice said. BDA applied April 9 for trademark registration on the Ultra Blu-ray logo (serial number 86591870), consisting of “the words ULTRA HD in a rectangle with rounded corners, above the word BLU-RAY,” PTO documents show. BDA applied for trademark status on the Ultra HD Blu-ray name itself on Dec. 31, PTO documents show, only days before releasing the name for the first time at the January CES (see 1501060038).