[WEB4LIB] The word "listserv" copyrighted?

[Patricia F Anderson]

Eric,

Much as I hate to say say, your boss is basically right. :-)  See:

<http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/index.html>

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

Pat Anderson, pfa at umich.edu

On Fri, 24 May 2002, 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?
>
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