joegratz.net

I thought it was too trademark-geeky to mention, but this post on The Trademark Blog hit it right on the head:

If you saw the Lemony Snicket movie and you are a trademark lawyer that can’t leave work at the office, then you laughed at the Realtor gag and wondered if the NAR [National Association of Realtors, which has been getting into numerous situations like these] would write a nasty letter to the film’s producers because it used REALTOR as a generic term.

Incidentally, it’s a great movie (and, in my case, an unusual opportunity to explain genericide to my little brother).