[WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?

[Hugh Jarvis]

LISTSERV is a registered trademark of L-Soft http://www.lsoft.com/.  So on the
level of "Ziploc" and "Xerox", he is quite right.

I usually discourage people from using it regardless, because it doesn't mean
much. Instead I encourage phrases like "e-mail discussion list" that actually
describe what the list does.

	Hugh


Hugh Jarvis  (PhD, MLS)
Cybrarian/Web Information Coordinator
Creative Services - University at Buffalo
330 Crofts Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA 14260-7015
Tel: 716 645-5000 x1428  Fax: -3765
Email: hjarvis at buffalo.edu (preferred)

"[Librarians] are the vintners of the information age"  ME Bates

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Eric Nudell
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 4:08 PM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?
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> My boss is under the impression that the word "listserv" is copyrighted and
> has forbidden us to use it in our documentation. We have invented words like
> "e-list" or "electronic list" to refer to a listserv.
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> I still see the rest of the world using listserv. Has anyone else heard of
> "listserv" being copyrighted?
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