Talk:Painted ladies/Archive 1

Capitalization (and "trademarked"???)
Shouldn't this be titled "Painted Ladies" (with a capital 'L')? This is not an article about ladies who are painted. It is the formal name of these six houses. Therefore, by the simple rules of first grade grammar, I would think the 'L' should be capitalized. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 02:45, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * i tend to agree. unless my english tutoring fails me, 'Painted Ladies' is a proper noun.--emerson7 | Talk 00:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Judging from your sloppy capitalization there (lowercase "i" and "english"), yes, I'd say your tutoring has quite possibly failed you; this is simply not a proper noun. Which brings up another problem: since when is the term "painted ladies" trademarked? WTF? Unless someone can demonstrate that this is the case, the term should be lowercased and the bit about trademarking removed. +ILike2BeAnonymous (talk) 23:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It is trademarked - Go to the U.S. Patent Office's Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) and search for either "Painted Ladies" or serial/registration #74100789. I suspect the trademark was done as you can't copyright a book title and so they trademarked the term to prevent its use on knock-off books, calendars, posters, etc. Here's the current data from TESS:


 * Word Mark||PAINTED LADIES
 * valign=top|Goods and Services||IC 016. US 037 038. G & S: publications, specifically note cards, calendars, and a series of books featuring Victorian houses. FIRST USE: 19780900. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19780900
 * Mark Drawing Code||(1) TYPED DRAWING
 * Serial Number||74100789
 * Filing Date||September 27, 1990
 * Current Filing Basis||1A
 * Original Filing Basis||1A
 * Published for Opposition||September 17, 1991
 * Registration Number||1667597
 * Registration Date||December 10, 1991
 * valign=top|Owner||(REGISTRANT) Larsen, Michael INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES (REGISTRANT) Elizabeth Pomada INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES
 * Attorney of Record||Thomas R. Lampe
 * Type of Mark||TRADEMARK
 * Register||PRINCIPAL-2(F)
 * Affidavit Text||SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20011024.
 * Renewal||1ST RENEWAL 20011024
 * Live/Dead Indicator||LIVE
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Registration Date||December 10, 1991
 * valign=top|Owner||(REGISTRANT) Larsen, Michael INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES (REGISTRANT) Elizabeth Pomada INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES
 * Attorney of Record||Thomas R. Lampe
 * Type of Mark||TRADEMARK
 * Register||PRINCIPAL-2(F)
 * Affidavit Text||SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20011024.
 * Renewal||1ST RENEWAL 20011024
 * Live/Dead Indicator||LIVE
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Register||PRINCIPAL-2(F)
 * Affidavit Text||SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20011024.
 * Renewal||1ST RENEWAL 20011024
 * Live/Dead Indicator||LIVE
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Live/Dead Indicator||LIVE
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * } Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Not getting on anyone's side, this is no place to argue and be mean to other users. Kindly suggest a way to improve the article. That is the purpose of this talk page! If you disagree with a suggestion, say so, explain why, and give your own suggestion. As long as your writing is understandable, do not worry about grammar.Yogurtchips (talk) 15:56, 29 December 2009 (UTC)