[WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?

[Kevin W. Bishop]

http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/index.html
LISTSERV is a registered trademark licensed to L-Soft international, Inc.

Listserv is the proper name of an email mailing list software package.

We say "listserv" colloquially much like we say "kleenex".


-kb



At 01:08 PM 5/24/2002 -0700, Eric Nudell wrote:
>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?
>
>
>Eric M. Nudell                          voice: 505-277-5860
>Systems Administrator                   fax:   505-277-1788
>General Library
>University of New Mexico                mailto:emnudell at unm.edu
>Albuquerque New Mexico 87131-1466       http:\\libros.unm.edu

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Communication & Collaboration Technologies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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