Does Eastman Kodak own the Instamatic Brand-name??

mshchem · Feb 20, 2023

If EKCo owns Instamatic name why wouldn't Kodak make 35mm plastic cameras and sell millions?? Then have Cinestill market color negative film and call it Kodachrome.

Donald Qualls · Feb 20, 2023

Kodak has just introduced a cheap, simple 35 mm camera (as well as a half-frame version) -- the selling millions bit is evading them, though, because film is still a hobby item rather than a consumer commodity.

Marketing something else as Kodachrome would be silly -- anyone who remembers the real Kodachrome would just shout from the rooftops about how this isn't it. At the very minimum, it would need to be a transparency film, and none of the E-4 or E-6 films has ever matched K-14 Kodachrome.

Craig · Feb 20, 2023

Kodak let the trademark expire in 2004, so they no longer own the name.

MattKing · Feb 20, 2023

Donald Qualls said:
Kodak has just introduced a cheap, simple 35 mm camera (as well as a half-frame version)

That isn't Kodak. It is a different entity who has licensed the Kodak name. There are some Kodak based internet links as well in support of the marketing.

BrianShaw · Feb 20, 2023

TESS -- Error

mshchem · Feb 20, 2023

I am surprised that whoever owns this trademark for cameras doesn't exploit it. I would bet Instagram owns this and more just to keep it on the sidelines.

BrianShaw · Feb 20, 2023

The trademark search I posted timed out… I just learned that the search link is not persistent.

Do a basic word search, ‘instamatic’, to see history of that trade name.

Trademark Search

tmsearch.uspto.gov

mshchem · Feb 20, 2023

BrianShaw said:
The trademark search I posted timed out… I just learned that the search link is not persistent.

Do a basic word search, ‘instamatic’, to see history of that trade name.

Trademark Search

tmsearch.uspto.gov

Yeah all kinds of companies have it trademarked, just not for cameras

Does Eastman Kodak own the Instamatic Brand-name??

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