Barb created the concept in 1972 and has taught over 700,000 people about the concept in her courses since that time. Unfortunately there are several websites owned by other people that state, incorrectly, that the Stage® Trademark is not valid and that it was abandoned by the US Government.

The US Government has renewed again the Stage® Trademark with Stagedhomes.com and it stands valid as of this day. The government abandoned the applications for Staging, Staged and Stager trademarks as Stagedhomes.com already has the basic service trademark on 'Stage®'.

You can see the current US Federally Registered Trademark on Stage® by clicking the links to the left on the flags of each country, which will take you to the government site where it is shown. Please be advised that the Stage® Trademark is real and active despite what misinformation another website might advertise. It is the only US Federally Registered Trademark on the concept and service in existence today. It covers teaching sellers how to prepare their homes for sale and video instruction as well.