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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 3, 2013

Imax fights over trade secrets claim

Canadian jumbo-screen movie specialist Imax Corp. is alleging that a former employee stole trade secrets related to its 3-D and film conversion technologies and fled to China, where he provided the information to Chinese film companies.


By Ryne Hodkowski


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Canadian jumbo-screen movie specialist Imax Corp. is alleging that a former employee stole trade secrets related to its 3-D and film conversion technologies and then fled to China, where he provided the information to Chinese film companies.


The suit comes as the Chinese box office is well on its way to overtaking the U.S. as the No. 1 movie market in the world. Chinese box offices collected $2.7 bi...

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