TRADEMARK OF THE WEEK – DD DOLBY

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is an American company specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding, audio compression, spatial audio, and HDR imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers. Dolby Labs was founded by Ray Dolby in London, United Kingdom, in 1965. In the same year, he invented the Dolby Noise Reduction system, a form of audio signal processing for reducing the background hissing sound on audio tape recordings.

His first U.S. patent on this technology was filed in 1969. The first product Dolby Labs had produced was the Dolby 301 unit which incorporated Type A Dolby Noise Reduction. These units were intended for use in professional recording studios.

They possess various patents from Dolby speakers to Dolby headphones. They are also into the field of video processing and digital cinema. The mark “DD DOLBY” has its origin from united states and has been registered on 8^th February 2008 as an Australian trade and service mark with the serial number 1223401. It is a figurative mark which can be described as combination of the term “Dolby” and a mirrored image of the letter capital “D”. it falls under the class 9 of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration. Has know Dolby is been the leading player in the digital cinema sound systems market with an renowned brand name all over the world.