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2/28/2024
The American Residence Furnishings Corridor of Fame® has obtained the trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace for its identify in reference to its expanded providers, exhibitions and academic applications.
The trademark, formally registered underneath Registration Quantity 7,281,437, grants unique rights to make use of its identify and the authorized safety to safeguard the Corridor of Fame in opposition to unauthorized use or infringement in each the enterprise and cultural panorama.
“As a museum and academic group, it is a vital step in establishing our rising displays and applications as a museum operator,” says Steve Rusing, president of the Corridor of Fame Board of Administrators and government vice chairman and president of U.S. gross sales for Tempur Sealy Worldwide. “The Corridor of Fame is greater than only a stunning area for the {industry}. It additionally represents a myriad of applications designed to encourage and train the general public and our {industry}.
“Acquiring a trademark for our identify underscores our deep dedication to preserving the integrity of our model and to making sure that future generations proceed to learn from our sources and applications,” he says. “We’ll open three extra everlasting displays on the April Excessive Level Market and can dedicate the Wanek Household and Ashley Furnishings Industries gas-burning Everlasting Flame in entrance of the constructing.”
The group’s new 25,000-square-foot constructing, opened at 311 S. Hamilton St. in Excessive Level in April 2023, options quite a lot of everlasting, touring and particular exhibitions associated to honoring the previous, current and way forward for the dynamic dwelling furnishings {industry}. The Corridor of Fame Constructing supplies a house for the {industry} throughout markets, instructional applications for college kids, and a novel setting for enterprise conferences and different social occasions all year long.
Based in 1988, the American Residence Furnishings Corridor of Fame Basis was created by a bunch of dwelling furnishings executives who acknowledged the necessity to protect the heritage of the {industry} and to honor its leaders. As a world, industry-wide group, the group’s mission is four-fold: to honor its leaders, to inform the {industry}’s story, to encourage a brand new class of leaders and to interact the neighborhood with the world of dwelling furnishings.
About The American Residence Furnishings Corridor of Fame Basis, Inc.
The American Residence Furnishings Corridor of Fame Basis, Inc., is an industry-wide group based to protect its historical past, to have a good time distinctive people who’ve made extraordinary contributions to the U.S. dwelling furnishings {industry}, to encourage the following era of modern leaders and to interact the neighborhood with the world of dwelling furnishings. Our new dwelling, which opened in April 2023, is a logo of the Residence Furnishings Capital of the World™ the place the {industry} gathers, the place we honor our leaders and inform our tales, and the place we be taught by displays, seminars and audio system. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit group, funds assist our historical past and management programming. The group is predicated in Excessive Level, North Carolina, at 311 S. Hamilton St., and will be reached at 336.882.5900 or by visiting www.homefurnishingshalloffame.com.