SDDS SONY DYNAMIC DIGITAL SOUND

What this means for you

Registered since 03 Sept 1996. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (the §8 & §9 renewal was due 03 Sept 2026; it can still be filed, with a surcharge, until 03 Mar 2027).

Record

Serial number

74505016

Registration number

1998590

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

25 Mar 1994

Published for opposition

11 Jul 1995

Registered

03 Sept 1996

Current term from

03 Sept 2016

Next maintenance filing

§8 & §9 renewal, due by 03 Sept 2026 (grace period to 03 Mar 2027)

Attorney of record

Victoria Friedman

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: sound processing hardware for encoding and decoding the soundtracks of motion picture films [ ; televisions; amplifiers; prerecorded video tapes containing motion pictures; blank video tapes; prerecorded audio tapes containing motion picture sound tracks; blank audio tapes; prerecorded video discs containing motion pictures; tape players/recorders; compact disc players; and optical disc recorders/players ]

Owner

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP
• Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP
• Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP
• Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP

Prior registrations

• Registration 705902
• Registration 785967
• Registration 801885
• Registration 933095
• Registration 1207979
• Registration 1254363
• Registration 1258436
• Registration 1622127

Board proceedings on this mark

The owner also pleads this mark in 38 other Board proceedings.

Prosecution history

• 03 Sept 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
• 28 Mar 2022 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
• 28 Mar 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
• 28 Mar 2022 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
• 28 Mar 2022 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
• 28 Mar 2022 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
• 23 Jul 2021 — APPLICANT/CORRESPONDENCE CHANGES (NON-RESPONSIVE) ENTERED
• 23 Jul 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
• 23 Jul 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS
• 23 Jul 2021 — TEAS WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY RECEIVED-FIRM RETAINS
• 23 Jul 2021 — ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED
• 23 Jul 2021 — TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED
• 23 Jul 2021 — TEAS CHANGE OF OWNER ADDRESS RECEIVED
• 19 May 2021 — AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP
• 13 Oct 2016 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED