>What about just copyrighting the welcome/info page which includes >the listname and its use/meaning? S. The main reason for my question was because I chose a name for may listserv that has the same name as an anti-depressant drug which is owned by a pharmaceutical company. I am assuming that the name is already trademarked, so I don't want to get sued for using the same name. I also don't want to spend money looking up trade marks to make sure that I don't pick someone else's name, and even if I did someone could come along a year down the road and trademark the name for some other product. I would be continually changing the name of my listserv. I know there is no easy answer other than spending the money for registration but I wanted to see if anyone had addressed this problem before. Would copywrighting the welcome message be a good proceedure to protect the name of the listserv? Terry Oakes LithoBid