CMI Infringment

[Russell J. Hensel]

I want to start marketing the CMI designation HARD. JB out of Tampa want to start some serious marketing and I want to be involved in it. But FIRST we have to get rid of other "CMI"'s. Such as

http://www.moldcareer.com/certified-...pector-cmi.php

http://nrep.org/shoppingcart/index.p...products_id=43

http://local.yahoo.com/info-29801618...c-holmes-beach

http://www.nchh.org/resources/hhcl/ACAC-CMI.aspx

THIS IS THE BIGGEST
http://www.acac.org/tutorial/cmi.htm

This is only a SMALL portion ofthe infringement.

I mean if CMI can stand for 1000 differnet things it does us no good.

What do ya think Nick? Cohen Bros?

[Christopher Currins]

florida cmi

[Chuck Evans]

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...06:4lj90c.3.37

http://tess2.uspto.gov/

Word Mark CMI
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: A professional designation certification mark for home inspection services which is issued to those who have completed requirements for the Certified Master Inspector (CMI) designation. FIRST USE: 19900401. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19900401
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 78354722
Filing Date January 21, 2004
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Owner (APPLICANT) Nick Gromicko INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 518 Kimberton Road Phoenixville PENNSYLVANIA 19460
Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Prior Registrations 2892104
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date February 2, 2007

"Certified Master Inspector" is trademarked, but it looks like anyone can be a CMI as long as your assigned meaning does not infringe on any of the many registered CMI trademarks for other businesses. Your own CMI designation could stand for "Confident Mellow Inspector" or "Certain Mean Inspector" or...

[Nick Gromicko]

Wrong. You can't use CMI in the inspection industry. You could use it in some other industry just like you can have an Apple Car Company, but not another Apple Computer Company. That would be confusing and deceptively similar.

Mark Image
Word Mark CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR
Goods and Services IC B . US B . G & S: Home Inspectors. FIRST USE: 19980501. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980501
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 78325155
Filing Date November 8, 2003
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A;1B
Supplemental Register Date July 8, 2004
Registration Number 2892104
Registration Date October 5, 2004
Owner (REGISTRANT) Gromicko, Nick INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 518 Kimberton Road Phoenixville PENNSYLVANIA 19460

(LAST LISTED OWNER) Master Inspector Certification Board, Inc. NON-PROFIT CORPORATION UNITED STATES 1750 30th Street, Suite 301 Boulder COLORADO 80301
Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Attorney of Record Mark Cohen
Type of Mark CERTIFICATION MARK
Register SUPPLEMENTAL
Affidavit Text SECT 8 (6-YR).
Other Data The certification mark certifies that the home inspector is certified by the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors.
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Read: http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/cease.html

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Thank you for the clarification

[Chuck Evans]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Wrong. You can't use CMI in the inspection industry. You could use it in some other industry just like you can have an Apple Car Company, but not another Apple Computer Company. That would be confusing and deceptively similar.



Read: http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/cease.html

"Certified Master Inspector" and "CMI" are separate things. "CMI" is not mentioned in the "Certified Master Inspector" registration and the separate "CMI" registration that used to exist has been abandoned and is dead. There are lots of active CMI trademarks out there, but none that I see related to Certified Master Inspector.

[Nick Gromicko]

A Trademark protects itself and the space around it (which is why the MICB, the owner of the Certified Master Inspector Trademark doesn't also need to trademark the initials), within its industry. A "CMI" in an industry outside of the inspection industry is not deceptively confusing and so is not an infringement and why there can be IBM Trademarks outside the computer industry.

CMI is only an infringement on our Certified Master Inspector Registered Trademark if it is being used in the inspection industry, because that would cause confusion in that market.

[Nick Gromicko]

BTW: we also have the Registered Trademark in Canada and several other countries: http://www.certifiedmasterinspector....trademark.html

[Russell J. Hensel]

So what happens now?

[Brian C. Hoagland]

I suggest a new designation the MFDLKLR. I don't own it but I been called it.

[Brian E. Kelly]

http://www.google.com/#q=CMI+certifi...04850557947867

[Michael Bazzo, CMI]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

http://www.google.com/#q=CMI+certifi...04850557947867

Looks like this has been explained

Originally Posted by gromicko

A Trademark protects itself and the space around it (which is why the MICB, the owner of the Certified Master Inspector Trademark doesn't also need to trademark the initials), within its industry. A "CMI" in an industry outside of the inspection industry is not deceptively confusing and so is not an infringement and why there can be IBM Trademarks outside the computer industry.

CMI is only an infringement on our Certified Master Inspector Registered Trademark if it is being used in the inspection industry, because that would cause confusion in that market.