Realtors Stake Their Turf
Delegates to a special meeting of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), the owner of the registered trade-mark MLS (and variations such as MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE & Design), voted to continue further study of proposed changes to the rules governing realtors’ listing of homes on the MLS system. Although news articles have reported on the proposed changes as a battle between full-service realtors and discount brokers, CREA has stated the the proposed changes were for no other reason than to protect the MLS trade-mark. This is an interesting intersection of policing trade-marks, competition and impact on consumers.
This entry was posted by Karen Monteith on Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at 12:01 pm and is filed under Protection & Enforcement. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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Karen thanks for the helpful update on the MLS trade-mark study.
I just picked up an invitation to speak to a realors group – this is good to know.
Keep creating,
Mike