ALL CITIES REALTY - Re/Max Marquee Partners: new name, behemothic 1700 abettor absolute acreage brand accusation continues

Los Angeles, California – Approximately December 1, in the beam of a website, California’s better Re/Max authorization afflicted its name from Re/Max All Cities Realty to Re/Max Marquee Partners. Apparently administration is aggravating to ambit this Re/Max from the use of the registered brand All Cities Realty® just afore balloon with the new name Re/Max Marquee Partners. The two behemothic lawsuits continue. Information is provided at remaxlawsuits.com

In July 2005, All Cities Realty, Inc., afterwards years of allurement this Re/Max authorization to abandon use the name and federal brand “All Cities Realty®”, All Cities Realty, Inc. filed a federal acknowledged action adjoin the California Corporation, CF Real Estate Loans, Inc. who was accomplishing business as Re/Max All Cities Realty. The federal acknowledged action (case# 8:05-cv-00615-AHS-MLG) is for declared federal brand contravention and added issues. The federal case will be litigated in Orange County, California.

Then on July 19, 2006 All Cities Realty, Inc. filed a abstracted additional accusation in State cloister adjoin the corporation’s associated agents and brokers (case # BC355724). In this additional lawsuit, anniversary and every absolute acreage abettor and agent who has been affiliated with Re/Max All Cities Realty (CF Real Estate Loans, Inc.), back their "adoption" of the ALL CITIES REALTY® brand aback in August 2002 was named; a absolute of about 1700 absolute acreage agents. The accompaniment case will be litigated in Los Angeles, California.

The Los Angeles case was paused by the cloister until the federal action is completed. The federal acknowledged action has been ambagious its way through the cloister arrangement now for added than two years and was slated for balloon in January. The acknowledged action was again connected by the court.

In December, a abruptness accommodation by Kelli Todd the CEO of CF Real Estate Loans, Inc., and her carnality admiral Dan Verdin, was to change the website and business name. They allegedly absitively the best affair to do was to change the name of the aggregation from Re/Max All Cities Realty to Re/Max Marquee Partners afore trial.

Joseph Miner, the admiral of All Cities Realty, Inc., said “What a abundant Christmas gift! Although it took this Re/Max added than 5 years to act we are animated and can’t acknowledge Kelli Todd and Dan Verdin abundant for assuredly alteration the name of the aggregation to a non-infringing name. This will acquiesce us to advance with our All Cities Realty® NetAgent™ affairs with no amalgamation to Re/Max International. It is absurd to casting your own business, if adjoin your will, in a mega bartering attack you accept been associated with a absolutely altered absolute acreage allowance franchise.”

The appointment name has been afflicted to Re/Max Marquee Partners, but the All Cities Realty vs. Re/Max All Cities Realty acknowledged action continues according to Mr. Miner. There has been no adjustment in the case declared Mr. Miner. The action continues adjoin the association and the 1700 agents called in the accompaniment lawsuit. There are still 5+ years of contravention that will be dealt with in court. “This is like one big hit and run; they accept done their accident now that we are accepting abutting to court, they are affective on. It won’t amount because we accept gigabytes and gigabytes of cyberbanking affirmation to appearance the board just as if they were watching the Internet in absolute time. They accept done abutting to 20 billion dollars in sales application our federally trademarked name and we’re not happy.” declared Joseph Miner.

Re/Max CEO, Kelli Todd Amundson angrily has declared they will atone anniversary and every abettor who has acclimated the All Cities Realty® name. This Re/Max has filed cloister abstracts that accompaniment they will atone anniversary and every absolute acreage abettor who has acclimated the All Cities Realty® name aloft the absolute acreage agents’ request. The case has been confused to "complex litigation" and the costs just for a aboriginal actualization will be added than $500 per agent. This could aggregate to added than $800,000 for aboriginal actualization cloister fees for Re/Max All Cities Realty [now Re/Max Marquee Partners]. This agency that the aboriginal act of apology by this Re/Max could amount it added than $800,000 afore any added action action occurs, including cloister and advocate fees. All Cities Realty’s admiral Joseph Miner declared he will anon be requesting a abounding advertisement of agents for the absolute 5+ year aeon from the Department of Real Estate to complete the advertisement of agents for the California acknowledged action.

One of the aspects of this case goes by the acknowledged name of the article of Reverse Confusion. This is about area a ample aggregation adopts an absolute abate company’s brand and the abate aggregation files suit. Famous cases of about-face abashing cover the Ford® “Mustang”, GoodYear® “Big Foot” and Microsoft® “Explorer” cases.

Interested parties should appointment the advisory website www.remaxlawsuits.com

All Cities Realty, Inc.
2576 Newport Blvd.,
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
PH: 949-646-4466
Contact: Joseph Miner, President

All Cities Realty, Inc. began business in 1996 beneath the name All Cities Realty. During the accomplished 10 years it has been confined Southern California and is now accretion with its NetAgent affairs to serve all California.