Disavow ‘Exclusive Right’ to Use ‘HDR10' Trademark, PTO Asks Samsung

Samsung must send the Patent and Trademark Office a “disclaimer” by late November saying it makes no claim “to the exclusive right to use ‘HDR10'” apart from the “HDR10 Plus” term it’s seeking to register as a trademark, said a notice: HDR10 is in “widespread” use “to refer to the industry standard format used in a wide variety of devices and in connection with streaming services, specifically transmission and streaming of programming in the HDR10 format.” Company representatives didn’t comment Thursday.