closed CalifornianRealty.com

[observer]

also

CalifornianRealtor(s).com

I would appreciate your opinions. Have they got a resale value?

 

[observer]

Originally posted by BigFart
... And Realtor is a highly protected TM.

The turn of "Realtor" into a more or less generic and dictionary term has been discussed before:

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2475

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1562

 

[RON2]

Realtor = Trademark owned by NAR

Realty = No trademark probs (dictionary word)

 

[observer]

Let's leave the realtor beside. Californian might be not as perfect as California, but could you suggest a few hard numbers?

 

[GiantDomains]

RJ - there is no trademark issue here. Realtor is a word, not a brand, unless you are talking about realtor.com.

Anyhoo - the domains arent great

 

[RON2]

Sorry doberry, but Realtor is most definately still a trademark in the United States. Only members of the NAR can be called 'Realtors', not just any Real Estate Agent or Broker.

This is undergoing a dispute, and hopefully will be deemed generic soon. But for now it still might be trouble.

 

[GiantDomains]

As a dictionary term, one who sells real estate is a realtor. Just becase its a TM, that doensn't mean if your not NAR you're not a realtor.

Thats like saying if someone owns the trademak doctor, you can't call yourself a doctor, even if you have a doctorine.

RJ. Think logically, not abstractly

 

[RON2]

Don't talk out of your bum, do your research. This is nothing like the word 'doctor'

 

[GiantDomains]

You seem to be correct....sorry

 

[RON2]

Good deal, then you should have a wealth of legal material to refer to.

 

[GiantDomains]

it is known as a word, and a sm, i think.

 

[RON2]

I respectfully disagree. Check your dictionary,

http://www.m-w.com/

and watch out for the cease & desist letters if you're not a NAR member.

There is a pending case to deactivate the trademark, but until then, it's a trademark and has been since the 50's when Charles Chadbourn made up the word.

 

[GiantDomains]

realtor

n : a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent"

 

[RON2]

Fair enough :laugh:

 

[GiantDomains]

and actually, realtor is a service mark, not a tm. lol!!!!
RJ, you do make sense, thanks for debate. Law is one big debate, thats why there are judges. So we are both right, it could end up in court.!!l

 

[RON2]

Good point. Maybe CalifornianRealtor.com will be the case that sets the precident here in the 9th circuit.

 

[RON2]

Not to reopen the debate, but the term is a registered trademark of the NAR, not just a SM, since 1947

http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/jumpto?f=doc&state=ecih3m.4.158

http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/jumpto?f=doc&state=ecih3m.4.159

http://www.realtor.org/realtororg.nsf/pages/whoisarealtor


:shy:

 

TM is irrelevant, really! "Californian" lead in is .Junk - Sorry.