HDV Trademarks

(1) Trademarks
HDV and HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC).
(2) License of HDV trademarks
HDV and HDV logo will be licensed only to the tape drive products which can record and play video cassette compliant to the HDV Format (HDV Tapes). The HDV trademarks may not be used on any products without a such tape drive.
(3) Use of HDV trademarks for products which do not have functions to record HDV Tapes.
The HDV trademarks may not be used on products (HDV related products), such as signal converters or video editing software which do not have functions to record HDV Tapes.


However, it is possible to indicate that such HDV related products have been designed in compliance with HDV specifications in the following ways:

In this case, the trademark notice "HDV and HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC)." should be accompanied to the use of the HDV trademark.
[Example] If a company has a product named "Editingsoft,"
[Recommended Example 1] Editingsoft for HDV Format
[Recommended Example 2] Editingsoft for HDV

(NOTE)HDV and HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC).


On the other hand, HDV may not be incorporated into products names or trademarks.

[Examples]
[NG Example 1] Editingsoft HDV
[NG Example 2] HDV Editingsoft

(4) Contact
For any inquiries, please contact to HDV Format Co-promoters Office
    E-mail:
    contact@hdv-info.org