Samsung Bid to Trademark ‘Real 8K’ Logo Predates LG Application by 14 Months

The Patent and Trademark Office granted Samsung’s request for its first six-month deadline extension to file the “statement of use” (SOU) forms required of the “Real 8K Resolution” logo trademark it applied for in August 2018, agency records show. The black-and-rose-colored logo got preliminary PTO approval in June after no opposition. Samsung is entitled to up to five six-month SOU deadline extensions but must file the forms by June 2022 or risk abandoning the trademark. The SOU is the final step before a trademark registration certificate can be issued. Samsung’s application predates by 14 months LG’s Oct. 21 filing to trademark a black-and-gold “Real 8K” logo.