IMA

What this record means

The record shows that the mark “IMA” is no longer live; it was cancelled on October 15, 2021 because the registrant, I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., did not file a Section 8 declaration. The mark had been registered on the Principal Register on May 9, 1989 for class 007, covering a wide range of industrial machines used in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, and related manufacturing sectors, including packaging, filling, batching‑sorting, corking, labeling, teabag‑making, cigar‑making, and box‑making machines, as well as machines for conveying and storing. Because the goods are highly specific to industrial machinery, a similar name used in unrelated fields would be a farther concern, but the record does not give control over every use of the word “IMA.” The prosecution history shows the mark was initially accepted on the Principal Register, later renewed, and eventually cancelled; no opposition or court actions appear in the supplied history. For someone looking to use a similar name, the cancelled status means the mark no longer protects that specific wording in those machine‑related goods, but the historical registration still signals that the owner once claimed rights in that narrow field.