National Real Estate Magazine Enforces Its Trademarks

Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC has received a favorable settlement in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against Florida real estate brokerage
Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC has received a favorable settlement in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against Florida real estate brokerage

RISMEDIA, August 14, 2006?Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC has received a favorable settlement in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against a real estate brokerage and its principals with multiple offices in Florida.

The settlement required the entry of a permanent injunction that has now been signed by a United States District Judge. The Court’s Order concludes that the HOMES & LAND and HOMESANDLAND.COM marks of Homes & Land are valid and enforceable. The Defendants must permanently change their names in all aspects of their business and may not associate their business with the words “Homes” and “Land” together or in any similar variation.

The trademarks of Homes & Land are the subject of U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 1,256,835 and 1,756,790 and are directed to real estate listing magazines; these registrations enjoy incontestable status under 15 U.S.C. Section 1065. Homes & Land is also the owner of U.S. Service Mark Registration No. 2,743,516 for the mark HOMESANDLAND.COM, which is used for dissemination over the Internet of advertising for real estate agencies, real estate agency services, apartment rental services, relocation services, moving services, and for providing other business services and information for businesses and vendors.

Homes & Land, with its corporate offices in Tallahassee, Florida, has been in business for over 33 years and currently operates over 300 real estate magazines in North America. Homes & Land is a complete marketing company. Over the last 30 years, Homes & Land has perfected the marketing of real estate through its high-quality real estate magazines and its Internet web site, HOMESANDLAND.COM. Homes & Land offers “a total marketing solution,” with millions of magazines distributed nationwide and in Canada. Advertisers are given access to HOMESANDLAND.COM, the nation’s top real estate portal with more than 300,000 real estate listings from communities across the United States generating over 30 million page views monthly.

Source: Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC