[WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?

[Sloan, Bernie]

If you go to http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=listserv you
will find the following statement:

"LISTSERV is a registered trademark licensed to L-Soft international, Inc."

Bernie Sloan

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Nudell [mailto:emnudell at unm.edu] 
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:08 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?

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.

I still see the rest of the world using listserv. Has anyone else heard of
"listserv" being copyrighted?


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