⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Imax Corporation

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1993–2024

Imax Corporation has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1993–2024): 11 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 73 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 88% of merits decisions).

Data summary based on public records (USPTO TTAB proceedings and PACER/CourtListener federal court dockets). Figures reflect filings on record, not a characterization of the merits or good faith of any individual action. Not legal advice.

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Federal court filings

0
Schedule-A cases
naming online sellers as defendants
11
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

68
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
5
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
43
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
6
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
24
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 88% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Imax Corporation has opposed

Real trademark applications Imax Corporation challenged at the USPTO — the kind of design that draws an opposition. If your artwork looks like one of these, expect pushback. Each links to its USPTO docket.

Source: USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records. “Prevailed” means Imax Corporation got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Imax Corporation has asserted in proceedings

IMAX
IMAX
asserted in 53 proceedings
IMAX
IMAX
asserted in 5 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
IMAX7235673553
IMAXtext7338816243
THE IMAX EXPERIENCEtext7523070040
AN IMAX EXPERIENCEtext7549775840
IMAXtext7513160039
IMAX DMRtext7653221538
AT THE MAXtext7663239728
TO THE MAXtext7584074128
MOVIES TO THE MAXtext7407389927
IMAXtext8513528027
AN IMAX 2D EXPERIENCEtext8727303413
THE IMAX 2D EXPERIENCEtext8727300413
IMAXtext8652443013
IMAX VRtext871047099
AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCEtext755849529
IMAX MPXtext782225618
TIME OFFtext730751466
IMAX ENHANCEDtext906915766
IMAXtext871047075
IMAX IS BELIEVINGtext854579375
IMAX862823575
IMAX NXOStext778751545
IMAX THINK BIGtext765322063
IMAX PRIVATE THEATREtext858243521
IMAXSHIFTtext867412621
OMNIMAXtext733870431
CS400text742070291

From public USPTO records. A mark is listed when it appears as a senior asserted mark in TTAB or federal-court proceedings on file. Serial links open the USPTO TSDR record.

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Data sources: publicly published USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings (1951–2026, with possible gaps before electronic filing) and U.S. federal court dockets (PACER/CourtListener, nature-of-suit codes 840 and 820). Figures reflect filings on record and do not characterize the merits, validity, or legitimacy of any individual action by Imax Corporation. Trademark holders have legal rights — and in some doctrines, an obligation — to enforce registered marks. This page does not provide legal advice; consult licensed counsel for case-specific questions. See the full leaderboard.