⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1976–2025

Paramount Pictures Corporation has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1976–2025): 247 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 107 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 76% 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
25
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
222
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

101
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
6
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
66
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
21
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
20
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 76% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Paramount Pictures Corporation has opposed

Real trademark applications Paramount Pictures 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 “Prevailed” means Paramount Pictures Corporation got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Paramount Pictures Corporation has asserted in proceedings

THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 13 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 13 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 13 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 10 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 10 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 9 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 9 proceedings
THE GODFATHER
THE GODFATHER
asserted in 8 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
THE GODFATHER7827983513
THE GODFATHER7411152513
THE GODFATHER7411097813
THE GODFATHER7875752310
THE GODFATHER7873526210
STAR TREKtext730830419
THE GODFATHER853871109
THE GODFATHER787352659
THE GODFATHER858173418
THE GODFATHER857797198
TOP GUN736823846
THE GODFATHER861202786
THE GODFATHER867188265
(design-only mark)736229485
THE GODFATHER787352575
THE GODFATHER866509055
STAR TREKtext745622814
PHASER STRIKEtext732074634
THE GODFATHERtext783255113
CHEERS734030873
TOP GUNtext737291983
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. SHRIMP SHACK758081693
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET789192303
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET789192173
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET789189163
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET789188223
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET789187913
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP CO. RESTAURANT & MARKET756828303
PARAMOUNT PICTURES710830493
THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACKtext784796062
THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACKtext784796072
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DATAtext737035052
THE GODFATHERtext854414192
RYDELL HIGH SCHOOLtext752395772
PARAMOUNT741491972
THE GODFATHER777695442
THE ITALIAN JOBtext759828572
PARAMOUNT745906252
ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINKtext863312302
PARAMOUNT A VIACOM COMPANY DVD762449122
PARAMOUNT 90TH ANNIVERSARY A VIACOM COMPANY763962612
THE PARAMOUNT VAULTtext784939622
PARAMOUNT VANTAGE770332012
VARIVENTtext732364002
MISSION IMPOSSIBLEtext741738842
MISSION IMPOSSIBLEtext741737352
PARAMOUNT781674652
EL PADRINO869684102
PARAMOUNT PICTUREStext763856342
PARAMOUNT CLASSICS756921082
PARAMOUNT CLASSICStext755677442
PARAMOUNT A GULF + WESTERN COMPANY723089152
MISSION IMPOSSIBLEtext786880522
PARAMOUNT CLASSICStext755677452
PARAMOUNT CLASSICS PARAMOUNT756921052
PARAMOUNT FAMOUS PRODUCTIONStext771245492
PARAMOUNT FAMOUS PRODUCTIONStext771245892
PARAMOUNT VANTAGE770331602
PARAMOUNT PARKS743047572
TOP GUN MAVERICK887621162

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 Paramount Pictures 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.