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Gary Little
October 10, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Some of the companies being sued have been in business for many years. I'm wondering if the plaintiff has waited too long to sue — i.e., the limitation period has expired.
Drew Meyers - Virtual Results
October 10, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Sweet. Sue everyone..what a great business model they have.
Tina Merritt
October 11, 2011 at 9:23 am
I'm thinking "Smarter Agent" isn't really an appropriate name for their company.
Jonathan Benya
October 12, 2011 at 11:19 am
I don't think the concept of suing everyone possible is a wise use of resources, but to each their own. I suspect they have bitten off more than they can chew; how exclusive can the ability to search for homes on a phone really be?
Don
November 11, 2011 at 7:28 pm
I use "Smarter Agent" and I think its a great service. I can understand why they are upset. If I were them I would not want people coping my technology If I was the first to come out with it.
Eric
January 4, 2012 at 4:18 pm
I agree that when you have a patient on items, you need to protect it. However, Smarter Agent is way heavy handed on this and even as far as to say "no one but Smarter Agent can create a mobile app in which real estate is searched- not IDX, not third party sites, not agents, not brokers", seriously??? They don't even own the data that is used, heck if mls' wanted to be stinkers about it, they could restrict their data usage. Then where would their patients get them, nowhere. And their product is cut-rate at best, maybe that is why they are doing it. If you can't play, take your ball home!!