DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

Lobbying client · California · filed 2025 to 2026

Developer of audio, imaging and voice technologies.

$470,000 Reported spend

10 Filings counted

1 Outside firm hired

3 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 10 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 2

ACG ADVOCACY $350,000 Outside firm · 8 filings
DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. $120,000 In-house, the client's own filings · 2 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 3

S. 1546
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

1 filing
S. 1553
PREVAIL Act

1 filing
S. 708
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $270,000 5 filings
2025 $200,000 5 filings

Issues lobbied 2

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 8
SENATE 8
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 3
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 1
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) 1

Recent filings 10 total

Q3 report

ACG ADVOCACY

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $120,000 expenses · posted Oct 19, 2026

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DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Aug 14, 2026

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ACG ADVOCACY

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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ACG ADVOCACY

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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ACG ADVOCACY

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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ACG ADVOCACY

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2025

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ACG ADVOCACY

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 10, 2025

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ACG ADVOCACY

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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ACG ADVOCACY

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · posted Apr 14, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.